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HistoryApr 01, 2014 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian DSA-2892-1 : a2ps - security update

2014-04-0100:00:00
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Several vulnerabilities have been found in a2ps, an โ€˜Anything to PostScriptโ€™ converter and pretty-printer. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  • CVE-2001-1593 The spy_user function which is called when a2ps is invoked with the --debug flag insecurely used temporary files.

  • CVE-2014-0466 Brian M. Carlson reported that a2psโ€™s fixps script does not invoke gs with the -dSAFER option. Consequently executing fixps on a malicious PostScript file could result in files being deleted or arbitrary commands being executed with the privileges of the user running fixps.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-2892. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(73278);
  script_version("1.9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2001-1593", "CVE-2014-0466");
  script_bugtraq_id(65294);
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"2892");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-2892-1 : a2ps - security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Several vulnerabilities have been found in a2ps, an 'Anything to
PostScript' converter and pretty-printer. The Common Vulnerabilities
and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2001-1593
    The spy_user function which is called when a2ps is
    invoked with the --debug flag insecurely used temporary
    files.

  - CVE-2014-0466
    Brian M. Carlson reported that a2ps's fixps script does
    not invoke gs with the -dSAFER option. Consequently
    executing fixps on a malicious PostScript file could
    result in files being deleted or arbitrary commands
    being executed with the privileges of the user running
    fixps."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737385"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=742902"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2001-1593"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0466"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/a2ps"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/a2ps"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2892"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the a2ps packages.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been
fixed in version 1:4.14-1.1+deb6u1.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed
in version 1:4.14-1.1+deb7u1."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:a2ps");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/03/31");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/04/01");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"a2ps", reference:"1:4.14-1.1+deb6u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"a2ps", reference:"1:4.14-1.1+deb7u1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
VendorProductVersionCPE
debiandebian_linuxa2psp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:a2ps
debiandebian_linux6.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0
debiandebian_linux7.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0