<?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 ">=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>