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CVE-2014-0466

a2ps: fixps does not invoke gs with -dSAFER

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.8

CVSS 2.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · March 28, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

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.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of a2ps as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE not specified