PT-2005-3430 · Ghostscript+1 · Pstotext+1

Max Vozeler · Published 2005-08-10 · Updated 2022-05-23 · CVE-2005-2536

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions pstotext versions prior to 1.8g

Description The issue arises from the improper use of the "-dSAFER" option when calling Ghostscript to extract plain text from PostScript and PDF files. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious PostScript file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.8g, update to version 1.8g or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the pstotext functionality until the update is applied.

Fix

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-3101

ALT-PU-2020-3110

ALT-PU-2022-1921

CVE-2005-2536

DSA-792-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Pstotext

References · 14

• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-29.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2020-3110 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2536 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2020-3101 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-792 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2022-1921 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5869 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16183 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2536 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16624 · Note
• https://packages.altlinux.org/ru/vuln/CVE-2005-2536 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21498 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/14378 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16305 · Note