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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201701-67">
<title>a2ps: Arbitrary code execution</title>
<synopsis>A vulnerability in a2ps' fixps script might allow remote attackers
to execute arbitrary code.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">a2ps</product>
<announced>2017-01-29</announced>
<revised count="1">2017-01-29</revised>
<bug>506352</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="app-text/a2ps" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">4.14-r5</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">4.14-r5</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>a2ps is an Any to PostScript filter.</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>a2ps fixps script does not invoke gs with the -dSAFER option.</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>Remote attackers, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted
PostScript file, could delete arbitrary files or execute arbitrary code
with the privileges of the process.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All a2ps users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-text/a2ps-4.14-r5"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0466">CVE-2014-0466</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-01-24T18:44:55Z">whissi</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-01-29T16:07:45Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>