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CVE-2004-1170: GNU A2ps: Command injection

CVE-2004-1170 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects GNU A2ps, along with 2 other products in NVD’s configuration data. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

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

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • GNU A2ps: 4.13; 4.13b
  • Sun Java Desktop System: 2.0; 2003
  • Suse Linux: 8; 8.1; 8.2; 9.0; 9.1

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