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.
References
Configurations
History
20 Nov 2024, 23:59
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/16183/ - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/16305 - | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/16624 - | |
References | () http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-792 - | |
References | () http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-29.xml - Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14378 - | |
References | () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21498 - |
Information
Published : 2005-08-10 04:00
Updated : 2024-11-20 23:59
NVD link : CVE-2005-2536
Mitre link : CVE-2005-2536
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2005-2536
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Products Affected
pstotext
- pstotext
CWE