Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | New pstotext packages fix arbitrary command execution |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | DSA-792 | First vendor Publication | 2005-08-31 |
| Vendor | Debian | Last vendor Modification | 2005-08-31 |
| 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 discovered that pstotext, a utility to extract text from PostScript and PDF files, did not execute ghostscript with the -dSAFER argument, which prevents potential malicious operations to happen. For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.8g-5woody1. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.9-1sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.9-2. We recommend that you upgrade your pstotext package. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-792 |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200507-29 (pstotext) File : nvt/glsa_200507_29.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 792-1 (pstotext) File : nvt/deb_792_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 18251 | pstotext Arbitrary Postscript Code Execution |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2005-09-06 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-792.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-08-01 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200507-29.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 11:34:17 |
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