DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2471

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2471

    Published: 5 Aug 2005Last Modified: 8 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2005-2471

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2471

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: netpbm-free

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/netpbm-free?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:10.0-9

    Affected versions

    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