CVE-2004-1170

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-1170
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-01-10 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptiona2ps 4.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the filename.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu A2ps 4.13 All All All
Application Gnu A2ps 4.13b All All All
Application Sun Java Desktop System 2.0 All All All
Application Sun Java Desktop System 2003 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.0 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#283134 - a2ps: Buggy shell quoting - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
#57649: Security Vulnerability in "a2ps" May Allow A Local Unprivileged User to Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
'a2ps Executing Shell Commands From File Name' - SecuriTeam af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securiteam.com
Secunia - Advisories - GNU a2ps Command Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Neohapsis Archives - Full Disclosure List - #1026 - [Full-Disclosure] a2ps executing shell commands from file name af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
GNU a2ps File Name Command Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
'[OpenPKG-SA-2005.003] OpenPKG Security Advisory (a2ps)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-03-14Mark J CoxRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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