CVE-2004-1170

Summary

CVECVE-2004-1170
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-01-10 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-19 15:30:00 UTC
Descriptiona2ps 4.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the filename.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

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 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
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
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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Neohapsis Archives - Full Disclosure List - #1026 - [Full-Disclosure] a2ps executing shell commands from file name FULLDISC archives.neohapsis.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
'a2ps Executing Shell Commands From File Name' - SecuriTeam MISC www.securiteam.com
Secunia - Advisories - GNU a2ps Command Injection Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
'[OpenPKG-SA-2005.003] OpenPKG Security Advisory (a2ps)' - MARC OPENPKG marc.info
GNU a2ps File Name Command Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
SecurityFocus FEDORA www.securityfocus.com
#283134 - a2ps: Buggy shell quoting - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org
#57649: Security Vulnerability in "a2ps" May Allow A Local Unprivileged User to Execute Arbitrary Code SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
Advisories - Mandriva MANDRAKE www.mandriva.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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