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CVE-2005-2471

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CVE-2005-2471

Published: Aug 5, 2005

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

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affected
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References

14379
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
SUSE-SR:2005:019
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11645
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
2005-0038
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_TRUSTIX
DSA-1021
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
18330
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
1014752
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
19436
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
16184
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
RHSA-2005:743
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
18253
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB

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