UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0466

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0466

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0466.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0466

Upstream

CVE-2014-0466

Withdrawn

2025-07-18T16:42:58Z

Published

2014-04-03T16:15:00Z

Modified

2025-07-16T07:31:38.126585Z

Severity

Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / a2ps

Package

Name: a2ps
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/a2ps@1:4.14-1.3?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:4.14-1.3

Affected versions

1:4.*

1:4.14-1.1

1:4.14-1.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.14-1.3",
            "binary_name": "a2ps"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0466.json"