CVE-2004-1170

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

a2ps 4.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the filename.

a2ps 4.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the filename.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 20 years ago

2005-01-10 05:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-19 15:30:00

Affected Software

GNU a2ps 4.13

4.13

GNU a2ps 4.13b

4.13b

Sun Java Desktop System 2.0

2.0

SuSE SuSE Linux 8.1

8.1

SuSE SuSE Linux 8.2

8.2

SuSE SuSE Linux 9.0

9.0

SuSE SuSE Linux 9.1

9.1

References

20040824 a2ps executing shell commands from file name

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

http://bugs.debian.org/283134

OpenPKG-SA-2005.003

12375

57649

MDKSA-2004:140

SUSE-SA:2004:034

http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/5MP0N2KDPA.html

FLSA:152870

11025

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

gnu-a2ps-gain-privileges(17127)

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