CVE-2005-2471 — Netpbm-free vulnerability

7 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
2.1%
top 16.09%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Debian Netpbm-freeNetpbm
Timeline
PublishedAug 5
Latest updateMay 1

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶debiandebian/netpbm-free< netpbm-free 2:10.0-9 (bookworm)
▶NVDnetpbm/netpbm2.10.0.8

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-9hfq-3c4w-mxr2: 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↗2022-05-01
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OSV
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↗2005-08-05
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
netpbm vulnerability↗2005-08-11
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Red Hat
security flaw↗2005-07-24
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Debian
CVE-2005-2471: netpbm-free - pstopnm in netpbm does not properly use the "-dSAFER" option when calling Ghosts...↗2005
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2005-2471 security flaw↗2018-08-16
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