CVE-2005-2471 | BDVDB-2026-11875 Detail
Description#
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21500
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14379
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11645
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0038/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1021
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=319757
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18330
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014752
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19436
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16184
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-743.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/18253
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.