Vulnerability CVE-2005-2536: Information
Description
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.
Severity: HIGH (7.5)
Fixed packages
Package name | Branch | Fixed in version | Version from repository | Errata ID | Task # | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pstotext | sisyphus | 1.9-alt3 | 1.9-alt3 | ALT-PU-2020-3101-1 | 260205 | Fixed |
| pstotext | p10 | 1.9-alt3 | 1.9-alt3 | ALT-PU-2020-3101-1 | 260205 | Fixed |
| pstotext | p9 | 1.9-alt3 | 1.9-alt3 | ALT-PU-2020-3110-1 | 260206 | Fixed |
| pstotext | c10f1 | 1.9-alt3 | 1.9-alt3 | ALT-PU-2020-3101-1 | 260205 | Fixed |
| pstotext | c9f2 | 1.9-alt3 | 1.9-alt3 | ALT-PU-2022-1921-1 | 300239 | Fixed |
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Hyperlink | Resource |
|---|---|
| GLSA-200507-29 |
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| 16183 |
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| 14378 | |
| DSA-792 | |
| 16305 | |
| 16624 | |
| pstotext-dsafer-command-execution(21498) |