CVE-2005-2471
First published: Fri Aug 05 2005(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Netpbm | =2.10.0.8 |
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Reference Links
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=319757
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16184
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0038/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14379
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18330
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014752
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1021
- http://www.osvdb.org/18253
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19436
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-743.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21500
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11645
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/type
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/weakness
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/author
- agent/references
- agent/severity
- agent/event
- agent/description
- agent/source
- agent/tags
- collector/nvd-historical
- vendor/netpbm
- product/netpbm
- canonical/netpbm netpbm
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- collector/nvd-index
- canonical/netpbm
- version/netpbm/2.10.0.8