CVE-2005-2471

Impact

pstopnm in netpbm does not properly use the "-dSAFER" option when calling Ghostscript to convert a PostScript file into a (1) PBM, (2) PGM, or (3) PNM file, which allows external user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

Affected products

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=319757
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16184
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18330
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19436
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014752
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1021
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/18253
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-743.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14379
• http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0038/
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21500
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11645
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=319757
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16184
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18330
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19436
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014752
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1021
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/18253
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-743.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14379
• http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0038/
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21500