| Name | CVE-2007-5208 |
| Description | hpssd in Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project (hplip) 1.x and 2.x before 2.7.10 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a from address, which is not properly handled when invoking sendmail. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1462-1, DTSA-72-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 447341 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| hplip (PTS) | buster | 3.18.12+dfsg0-2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 3.21.2+dfsg1-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.22.10+dfsg0-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.22.10+dfsg0-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[sarge] - hplip <not-affected> (This code was using smtp directly)