Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 5, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-2471
CVE-2005-2471
Description
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.
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References
13- secunia.com/advisories/16184nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/18330nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19436nvdVendor Advisory
- www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0038/nvdVendor Advisory
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1021nvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.htmlnvd
- www.osvdb.org/18253nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-743.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14379nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21500nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11645nvd
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