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CVE-2004-1170

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2004-10-20 a2ps -- insecure command line argument handling

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2004-1170
Phase Assigned(20041209)

Description

a2ps 4.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the filename.

References

Source Reference
FULLDISC 20040824 a2ps executing shell commands from file name
FEDORA FLSA:152870
MANDRAKE MDKSA-2004:140
SUNALERT 57649
SUSE SUSE-SA:2004:034
CONFIRM http://bugs.debian.org/283134
OPENPKG OpenPKG-SA-2005.003
SECUNIA 12375
MISC http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/5MP0N2KDPA.html
BID 11025
XF gnu-a2ps-gain-privileges(17127)