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Debian alert DSA-612-1 (a2ps)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 612-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze December 20th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : a2ps Vulnerability : unsanitised input Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2004-1170 BugTraq ID : 11025 Debian Bug : 283134 Rudolf Polzer discovered a vulnerability in a2ps, a converter and pretty-printer for many formats to PostScript. The program did not escape shell meta characters properly which could lead to the execution of arbitrary commands as a privileged user if a2ps is installed as a printer filter. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.13b-16woody1 For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.13b-4.2. We recommend that you upgrade your a2ps package. Upgrade Instructions - -------------------- wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - -------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/a2ps/a2ps_... Size/MD5 checksum: 725 dadf3ab28283daaf34edeb7c69a52646 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/a2ps/a2ps_... Size/MD5 checksum: 71239 61c84f71f4dcd123910d12264ba1f743 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/a2ps/a2ps_... Size/MD5 checksum: 1944289 0c8e0c31b08c14f7a7198ce967eb3281 Alpha architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/a2ps/a2ps_... Size/MD5 checksum: 910612 43af4a8ce22b403d25558ed7df881fba ARM architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/a2ps/a2ps_... Size/MD5 checksum: 858618 5596ea37b56f334ed06a482eabb2527b Intel IA-32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/a2ps/a2ps_... Size/MD5 checksum: 843376 a39e6b6c1c5bf1e43a5bdb88867d8627 Intel IA-64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/a2ps/a2ps_... Size/MD5 checksum: 980186 85c43da1b384d49f8fc5ccf91a79c666 HP Precision architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/a2ps/a2ps_... Size/MD5 checksum: 897322 53b0ba66e1c7a0840fe6373ce41cc666 Motorola 680x0 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/a2ps/a2ps_... Size/MD5 checksum: 824770 56407eeee73a0316383d42250cb27f36 Big endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/a2ps/a2ps_... Size/MD5 checksum: 886682 912156733c4da9fd438940ef741f5794 Little endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/a2ps/a2ps_... Size/MD5 checksum: 886554 387d7b39f2ede04e518961ded2f4cb05 PowerPC architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/a2ps/a2ps_... Size/MD5 checksum: 861318 c261076b51e733f972b75ce77510c807 IBM S/390 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/a2ps/a2ps_... Size/MD5 checksum: 854722 f5731e91bac335a40bf0b38efd134b4b Sun Sparc architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/a2ps/a2ps_... Size/MD5 checksum: 852690 98bd7a3408de1f3154951f2ccf318e3d These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBxre0W5ql+IAeqTIRAlh4AKClSXHuedlAqzb/RGnbaPP/4NqJmACfeXSU Wz0mJ95G8g0sONet98onEgk= =a5OV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-security-announce-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org (Log in to post comments)
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