CVE-2005-2471

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    CVE-2005-2471

    Published: 5 Aug 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/16184, http://secunia.com/advisories/18330, http://secunia.com/advisories/19436, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1021, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0038/, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=319757, http://securitytracker.com/id?1014752, http://www.osvdb.org/18253, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-743.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14379, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21500, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11645

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High