CVE-2005-2471

N/A Unknown

Published: August 05, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=319757

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/16184

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/18330

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/19436

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1014752

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1021

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.osvdb.org/18253

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-743.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14379

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0038/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21500

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11645

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=319757