CVE-2007-6358
First published: Sat Dec 15 2007(Updated: )
pdftops.pl before 1.20 in alternate pdftops filter allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the pdfin.[PID].tmp temporary file, which is created when pdftops reads a PDF file from stdin, such as when pdftops is invoked by CUPS.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Glyph And Cog Pdftops | <=1.1.19rc1 |
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Reference Links
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201042
- http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L515
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1437
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-14.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26919
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28139
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28113
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28200
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-563-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28386
- http://osvdb.org/42029
- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/author
- agent/references
- agent/severity
- agent/weakness
- agent/type
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/glyph and cog
- canonical/glyph and cog pdftops
- version/glyph and cog pdftops/1.1.19rc1