PT-2006-6539 · Pstotext+1 · Pstotext+1

Brian May · Published 2006-11-26 · Updated 2022-05-23 · CVE-2006-5869

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions pstotext versions prior to 1.9

Description The issue allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a file name.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.9, update to version 1.9 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of shell metacharacters in file names to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-3101

ALT-PU-2020-3110

ALT-PU-2022-1921

CVE-2006-5869

DSA-1220

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Pstotext

References · 14

• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2020-3110 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2020-3101 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5869 · Security Note
• 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://debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1220 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2536 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23135 · Note
• https://packages.altlinux.org/ru/vuln/CVE-2006-5869 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20012 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/21299 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/17897 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1707 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=356988 · Note