CVE-2005-2536

NameCVE-2005-2536
Descriptionpstotext 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-792-1
Debian Bugs319758

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
pstotextsourcewoody1.8g-5woody1mediumDSA-792-1
pstotextsourcesarge1.9-1sarge1mediumDSA-792-1
pstotextsource(unstable)1.9-2medium319758

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