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CVE-2014-0466 (GCVE-0-2014-0466)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-04-03 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 09:20
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66660 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-67 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2892 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2014-03-31 00:00
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