pstotext -dSAFER option command execution
| pstotext-dsafer-command-execution (21498) |  High Risk |
Description:
pstotext could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system. pstotext fails to properly use the -dSAFER option to call GhostScript when extracting plain text from PostScript files. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
Platforms Affected:
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.0
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
- Gentoo, Linux
- Ghostgum Software, pstotext 1.9
Remedy:
Refer to GLSA 200507-29 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Debian Bug report logs - #319758, pstotext: arbitrary postscript code execution at http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=319758.
- pstotext Web page, pstotext - extracting plain text from PostScript at http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/pstotext.htm.
- BID-14378: PSToText Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2005-2536: pstotext before 1.8g does not properly use the -dSAFER option when calling Ghostscript to extract plain text from PostScript and PDF files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious PostScript file.
- DSA-792: pstotext -- missing input sanitising
- GLSA-200507-29: pstotext: Remote execution of arbitrary code
- SA16183: pstotext Arbitrary Postscript Code Execution Vulnerability
Reported:
Jul 25, 2005
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