Security update for a2ps
SUSE Security Update: Security update for a2ps
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
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| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2014:0581-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #871097 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
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
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sdksp3-a2ps-9064 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-a2ps-9064 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-a2ps-9064 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-a2ps-9064
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- a2ps-devel-4.13-1326.37.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- a2ps-4.13-1326.37.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- a2ps-4.13-1326.37.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
- a2ps-4.13-1326.37.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0466.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/871097
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=f7fe9623cfef5a474bfb5f9da5e9dfe4