CVE-2005-2536
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 10, 2005
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 10, 2005
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- GLSA-200507-29vendor-advisory
- 16305third-party-advisory
- DSA-792vendor-advisory
- 16624third-party-advisory
- 16183third-party-advisory
- pstotext-dsafer-command-execution(21498)vdb-entry
- 14378vdb-entry
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