Summary
The remote host is missing an update to a2ps
announced via advisory DSA 612-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20612-1
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.
We recommend that you upgrade your a2ps package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-1170 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Related Vulnerabilities
- Debian Security Advisory DSA 1070-1 (kernel-source-2.4.19,kernel-image-sparc-2.4,kernel-patch-2.4.19-mips)
- Debian Security Advisory DSA 1011-1 (kernel-patch-vserver, util-vserver)
- Debian Security Advisory DSA 1024-1 (clamav)
- Debian Security Advisory DSA 095-1 (gpm)
- Debian Security Advisory DSA 089-1 (icecast-server)