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title: "CVE-2007-5208\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-5208

Publication date 13 October 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

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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5208?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| hplip | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 2.7.7.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.7.3-0ubuntu1.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.6.9-0ubuntu2.1 |
| 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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### [kees](https://launchpad.net/~kees)

ran as a non-root user prior to Gutsy.

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5208)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5208)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-5208)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5208)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-530-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-530-1)
+ hplip vulnerability
+ 12 October 2007

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5208>