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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-530-1 October 12, 2007 hplip vulnerability CVE-2007-5208 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.10: hplip 1.6.9-0ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 7.04: hplip 1.7.3-0ubuntu1.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: It was discovered that the hpssd tool of hplip did not correctly handle shell meta-characters. A local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary commands as the hplip user.