Description
The papd daemon in Netatalk before 2.0.4-beta2, when using certain variables in a pipe command for the print file, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a print request, as demonstrated using a crafted Title.
Published: 2008-12-26
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: 1.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1704-2 Updated netatalk packages fix denial of service
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1705-1 New netatalk packages fix arbitrary code execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-5689 The papd daemon in Netatalk before 2.0.4-beta2, when using certain variables in a pipe command for the print file, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a print request, as demonstrated using a crafted Title.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:04:44.559Z

Reserved: 2008-12-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5718

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-12-26T17:30:00.453

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-5718

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