Executive Summary

Summary
Title New netpbm-free packages fix arbitrary command execution
Informations
Name DSA-1021 First vendor Publication 2006-03-28
Vendor Debian Last vendor Modification 2006-03-28
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision 1

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

Max Vozeler from the Debian Audit Project discovered that pstopnm, a converter from Postscript to the PBM, PGM and PNM formats, launches Ghostscript in an insecure manner, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary shell commands, when converting specially crafted Postscript files.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 9.20-8.6.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 10.0-8sarge3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 10.0-9.

We recommend that you upgrade your netpbm package.

Original Source

Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1021

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
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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

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