pysmb.py in system-config-printer 0.6.x and 0.7.x, as used in foomatic-gui and possibly other products, allows remote SMB servers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) NetBIOS or (2) workgroup name, which are not properly handled when searching for network printers.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:15:31.677Z

Reserved: 2011-07-27T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2011-2899

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-08-31T23:55:03.457

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-2899

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-07-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-2899 - Bugzilla

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