| Name | CVE-2007-6358 |
| Description | pdftops.pl before 1.20 in alternate pdftops filter allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the pdfin.[PID].tmp temporary file, which is created when pdftops reads a PDF file from stdin, such as when pdftops is invoked by CUPS. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1437-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 456960 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| cups (PTS) | buster | 2.2.10-6+deb10u6 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2.2.10-6+deb10u9 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u6 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.4.2-3+deb12u5 | fixed |
| trixie | 2.4.7-1 | fixed |
| sid | 2.4.7-1.2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[sarge] - cupsys <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
the debian package is a bit confusing here as it also ships a pdftops
wrapper script as an example but the original script is installed
under /usr/lib/cups/filters