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SuSE: a2ps 4.13-1050

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SuSE: a2ps 4.13-1050

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/13/2004
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/08/2005
Modified
11/18/2015

Description

Security Update: This update fix' the handling of filename that include shell meta-characters. Without this patch it was possible to execute shell commands via a2ps by providing a filename that includes meta-characters as an argument.

Solution(s)

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