Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2014-0466 First vendor Publication 2014-04-03
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-12-16

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0466

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24211
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24211
Title: DSA-2892-1 a2ps - security update
Description: Several vulnerabilities have been found in a2ps, an <q>Anything to PostScript</q> converter and pretty-printer.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2892-1
CVE-2001-1593
CVE-2014-0466
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
Debian GNU/Linux 7
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7
 Product(s): a2ps
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25285
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25285
Title: SUSE-SU-2014:0581-1 -- Security update for a2ps
Description: The text to postscript converter a2ps received a security update. The fixps script did not call ghostscript with the -DSAFER option, allowing command execution by attacker supplied postscript files. Security Issue reference: * CVE-2014-0466 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0466 >
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): SUSE-SU-2014:0581-1
CVE-2014-0466
 Version: 3
Platform(s): SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
 Product(s): a2ps
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-01-30 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-67.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2014-279.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-05-09 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-4676.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-05-09 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-4691.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-04-30 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_a2ps-140331.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-04-11 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2014-076.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-04-01 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2892.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66660
CONFIRM https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742902
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2892
GENTOO https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-67
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00021.html

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2021-05-04 12:29:30
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2021-04-22 01:35:49
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2020-05-23 00:39:29
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2017-12-16 09:21:40
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2017-07-01 09:23:10
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2017-02-01 09:22:45
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2017-01-31 13:26:20
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2014-06-14 13:36:56
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2014-05-10 13:25:53
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2014-05-01 13:24:41
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2014-04-12 13:22:56
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2014-04-03 21:22:23
  • First insertion