Alpine: multiple a2ps packages: security update to 4.14-r4 (deprecated)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401086

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- The tempname_ensure function in lib/routines.h in a2ps 4.14 and earlier, as used by the spy_user function
and possibly other functions, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a
temporary file. (CVE-2001-1593)

- The fixps script in a2ps 4.14 does not use the -dSAFER option when executing gs, which allows context-
dependent attackers to delete arbitrary files or execute arbitrary commands via a crafted PostScript file.
(CVE-2014-0466)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 401086

Version: Revision 1.27

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0466

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-1593, CVE-2014-0466

BID: 65294, 66660

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