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