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ID CVE-2005-2471
Summary 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.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:2.10.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:2.10.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 7.5 (as of 11-10-2017 - 01:30)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
PARTIAL PARTIAL PARTIAL
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
oval via4
accepted 2013-04-29T04:15:09.921-04:00
class vulnerability
contributors
  • name Aharon Chernin
    organization SCAP.com, LLC
  • name Dragos Prisaca
    organization G2, Inc.
definition_extensions
  • comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11782
  • comment CentOS Linux 3.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16651
  • comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11831
  • comment CentOS Linux 4.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16636
  • comment Oracle Linux 4.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15990
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.
family unix
id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11645
status accepted
submitted 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00
title 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.
version 29
redhat via4
advisories
rhsa
id RHSA-2005:743
rpms
  • netpbm-0:10.25-2.EL4.1
  • netpbm-0:9.24-11.30.2
  • netpbm-debuginfo-0:10.25-2.EL4.1
  • netpbm-debuginfo-0:9.24-11.30.2
  • netpbm-devel-0:10.25-2.EL4.1
  • netpbm-devel-0:9.24-11.30.2
  • netpbm-progs-0:10.25-2.EL4.1
  • netpbm-progs-0:9.24-11.30.2
refmap via4
bid 14379
debian DSA-1021
misc http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=319757
osvdb 18253
sectrack 1014752
secunia
  • 16184
  • 18330
  • 19436
suse SUSE-SR:2005:019
trustix 2005-0038
xf netpbm-dsafer-command-execution(21500)
Last major update 11-10-2017 - 01:30
Published 05-08-2005 - 04:00
Last modified 11-10-2017 - 01:30
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