high7.5
CVE-2005-2536
pstotext before 1.8g does not properly use the "-dSAFER" option when calling Ghostscript to extract plain text from PostScript and PDF files, which allows remo…
Impact
pstotext before 1.8g does not properly use the "-dSAFER" option when calling Ghostscript to extract plain text from PostScript and PDF files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious PostScript file.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Pstotext | Pstotext | through 1.9.1 |
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16183/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16305
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16624
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-792
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-29.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14378
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21498
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16183/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16305
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16624
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-792
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-29.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14378
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21498