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FreeBSD : netatalk -- arbitrary command execution in papd daemon (72cba7b0-13cd-11de-a964-0030843d3802)
high Nessus Plugin ID 35963
Synopsis
The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.Description
Secunia reports :A vulnerability has been reported in Netatalk, which potentially can be exploited by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to the papd daemon improperly sanitising several received parameters before passing them in a call to popen(). This can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands via a specially crafted printing request.
Successful exploitation requires that a printer is configured to pass arbitrary values as parameters to a piped command.
Solution
Update the affected package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 35963
File Name: freebsd_pkg_72cba7b013cd11dea9640030843d3802.nasl
Version: 1.18
Type: local
Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Published: 3/19/2009
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:netatalk, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-5718
BID: 32925