Vulnerability in Netpbm
CVE-2005-2471
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.
EPSS: 0.037 (88.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Netpbm — versions 2.10.0.8
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_TRUSTIX, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)