Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2005-2471 First vendor Publication 2005-08-05
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-10-11

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2471

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11645
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11645
Title: 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.
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-2471
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for netpbm and libnetpbm
File : nvt/sles9p5017619.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200508-04 (Netpbm)
File : nvt/glsa_200508_04.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1021-1 (netpbm-free)
File : nvt/deb_1021_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
18253 Netpbm pstopnm Arbitrary Postscript Code Execution

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2006-10-14 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1021.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-07-05 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2005-743.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-164-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-10-05 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-133.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-08-23 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-743.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-08-07 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200508-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14379
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1021
MISC http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=319757
OSVDB http://www.osvdb.org/18253
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-743.html
SECTRACK http://securitytracker.com/id?1014752
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/16184
http://secunia.com/advisories/18330
http://secunia.com/advisories/19436
SUSE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
TRUSTIX http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0038/
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21500

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