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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.","status":"published","published":"2014-04-03T15:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T09:20:17.946Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:47.741012Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2014-0504","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2014-04-03T15:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T09:20:17Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T01:57:21.099925Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-5wf6-vx35-ff8x","title":"The fixps script in a2ps 4.14 does not use the -dSAFER option when executing gs, which allows...","description":"The fixps script in a2ps 4.14 does not use the -dSAFER option when executing gs, which allows 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PostScript file.","status":"published","published":"2014-04-03T16:15:39Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:18:12.221518106Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:43:59.361892Z"},{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0466","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2014-04-03T16:15:39.863Z","modified":"2026-10-23T15:47:30.81141815Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:25.819707Z"},{"id":"DSA-2892-1","title":"a2ps - security update","status":"published","published":"2014-03-31T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-03-09T01:20:53.506192Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:15.843838Z"},{"id":"MGASA-2014-0161","title":"Updated a2ps packages fix CVE-2014-0466","description":"Updated a2ps packages fix security vulnerability:\n\nBrian M. Carlson reported that a2ps's fixps script does not invoke gs with\nthe -dSAFER option. Consequently executing fixps on a malicious PostScript\nfile could result in files being deleted or arbitrary commands being\nexecuted with the privileges of the user running fixps (CVE-2014-0466).\n","status":"published","published":"2014-04-04T10:58:23Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:22:40.083730365Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:39.121227Z"},{"id":"openSUSE-SU-2024:10086-1","title":"a2ps-4.14-6.6 on GA media","description":"These are all security issues fixed in the a2ps-4.14-6.6 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.","status":"published","published":"2024-06-15T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-02-04T02:58:03.972601Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:33.135986Z"},{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0466","description":"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.","status":"withdrawn","published":"2014-04-03T16:15:00Z","modified":"2025-07-16T07:31:38.126585Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:54:07.855521Z"}]}}