CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-0466

Published: Apr 03, 2014 | Modified: Dec 16, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
6.8 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

The fixps script in a2ps 4.14 does not use the -dSAFER option when executing gs, which allows context-dependent attackers to delete arbitrary files or execute arbitrary commands via a crafted PostScript file.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
A2ps Gnu 4.14 (including) 4.14 (including)
A2ps Ubuntu lucid *
A2ps Ubuntu precise *
A2ps Ubuntu quantal *
A2ps Ubuntu saucy *
A2ps Ubuntu upstream *

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