MGASA-2014-0161

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    MGASA-2014-0161

    Published: 4 Apr 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-0466

    Summary: Updated a2ps packages fix CVE-2014-0466

    Details: Updated a2ps packages fix security vulnerability: Brian M. Carlson reported that a2ps's fixps script does not invoke gs with the -dSAFER option. Consequently executing fixps on a malicious PostScript file could result in files being deleted or arbitrary commands being executed with the privileges of the user running fixps (CVE-2014-0466).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0161.html, https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2892, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13130

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: a2ps

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/a2ps?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.14-12.2.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High