Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53717
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian Security Advisory DSA 612-1 (a2ps)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update to a2ps;announced via advisory DSA 612-1.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update to a2ps announced via advisory DSA 612-1. Vulnerability Insight: Rudolf Polzer discovered a vulnerability in a2ps, a converter and pretty-printer for many formats to PostScript. The program did not escape shell meta characters properly which could lead to the execution of arbitrary commands as a privileged user if a2ps is installed as a printer filter. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.13b-16woody1 For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.13b-4.2. Solution: We recommend that you upgrade your a2ps package. CVSS Score: 10.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-1170 BugTraq ID: 11025 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11025 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419765/100/0/threaded http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/1026.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:140 http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/5MP0N2KDPA.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110598355226660&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/12375 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57649-1&searchclause= SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2004:034 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_34_xfree86_libs_xshared.html XForce ISS Database: gnu-a2ps-gain-privileges(17127) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17127
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