CVE-2005-2471
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-08-05 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-08-05
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2239f4549a09b5bb2bfa6f2dee7b834b76e751e839695543ba9b83bf96bcfe53
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comnetpbm-dsafer-command-execution(21500)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21500
- www.securityfocus.com14379http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14379
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2005:019http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11645https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11645
- www.trustix.org2005-0038http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0038/
- www.debian.orgDSA-1021http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1021
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=319757
- secunia.com18330http://secunia.com/advisories/18330
- securitytracker.com1014752http://securitytracker.com/id?1014752
- secunia.com19436http://secunia.com/advisories/19436
- secunia.com16184http://secunia.com/advisories/16184
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:743http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-743.html
- www.osvdb.org18253http://www.osvdb.org/18253
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- netpbm-free Fixed in 2:10.0-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- netpbm-free Fixed in 2:10.0-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- netpbm-free Fixed in 2:10.0-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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