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title: "CVE-2007-4538\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-4538

Publication date 27 August 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

email\_in.pl in Bugzilla 2.23.4 through 3.0.0 allows remote attackers to
execute arbitrary commands via the -f (From address) option to the
Email::Send::Sendmail function, probably involving shell metacharacters.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-4538?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| bugzilla | 7.04 feisty | Not affected |
| 6.10 edgy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

2.23.4 through 3.0.0 only

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4538)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4538)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-4538)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4538)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4538>