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Package "a2ps"

Name: a2ps

Description:

GNU a2ps - 'Anything to PostScript' converter and pretty-printer

Latest version: 1:4.14-1.3
Release: trusty (14.04)
Level: base
Repository: universe

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Changelog

Version: 1:4.14-1.3 2014-04-04 06:07:23 UTC

  a2ps (1:4.14-1.3) unstable; urgency=high

  * Non-maintainer upload.
  * Add CVE-2014-0466.diff patch.
    CVE-2014-0466: fixps does not invoke gs with -dSAFER. A malicious
    PostScript file could delete files with the privileges of the invoking
    user.
    Thanks to brian m. carlson <email address hidden> (Closes: #742902)

 -- Salvatore Bonaccorso <email address hidden> Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:09:07 +0200

Source diff to previous version
742902 a2ps: CVE-2014-0466: does not invoke gs with -dSAFER - Debian Bug report logs
CVE-2014-0466 does not invoke gs with -dSAFER

Version: 1:4.14-1.2 2014-03-28 05:07:33 UTC

  a2ps (1:4.14-1.2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Non-maintainer upload.
  * Build-depend on emacs24 instead of emacs23. Closes: #682717.
  * Use dpkg-buildflags.
  * Build using autotools-dev.
  * CVE-2001-1593. Fix insecure use of /tmp. Closes: #737385.
  * Fix typo in package description. Closes: #608647.
  * Avoid a bad free in the encoding handling logic (taken from Fedora).
  * Fix build errors with -Wformat=security.
  * Fix texi build error.
  * Stop using dpatch, convert to packaging format 3.0. Closes: #669642.
  * Bump standards version to 3.9.5.

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:25:04 +0100

682717 a2ps: Should build-depend on emacs23 | emacs24 - Debian Bug report logs
737385 a2ps: CVE-2001-1593: insecure use of /tmp - Debian Bug report logs
608647 Typo in package description: "down loading" - Debian Bug report logs
669642 [PATCH] a2ps: Helping to update to packaging format 3.0 - Debian Bug report logs
CVE-2001-1593 insecure use of /tmp



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