CVE-2005-2471

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.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.28% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory trustix.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21500	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14379	vdb entry
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11645	signature vdb entry
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0038/	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1021	vendor advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=319757
http://secunia.com/advisories/18330	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014752	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19436	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16184	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-743.html	vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/18253	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-2471?: CVE-2005-2471 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-2471?: To fix CVE-2005-2471, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-2471 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-2471 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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