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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201701-67">
+ <title>a2ps: Arbitrary code execution</title>
+ <synopsis>A vulnerability in a2ps' fixps script might allow remote attackers
+ to execute arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">a2ps</product>
+ <announced>2017-01-29</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2017-01-29</revised>
+ <bug>506352</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="app-text/a2ps" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">4.14-r5</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">4.14-r5</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>a2ps is an Any to PostScript filter.</p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>a2ps’ fixps script does not invoke gs with the -dSAFER option.</p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>Remote attackers, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted
+ PostScript file, could delete arbitrary files or execute arbitrary code
+ with the privileges of the process.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All a2ps users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-text/a2ps-4.14-r5"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0466">CVE-2014-0466</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-01-24T18:44:55Z">whissi</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-01-29T16:07:45Z">b-man</metadata>
+</glsa>