Vulnerability Assessment & Network Security Forums

If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery.

Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Debian Local Security Checks >> [DSA792] DSA-792-1 pstotext

Vulnerability Assessment Details

[DSA792] DSA-792-1 pstotext

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-792-1 pstotext

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Max Vozeler discovered that pstotext, a utility to extract text from
PostScript and PDF files, did not execute ghostscript with the -dSAFER
argument, which prevents potential malicious operations to happen.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.8g-5woody1.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.9-1sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.9-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your pstotext package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-792
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 14378

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2007 Michel Arboi

Cables, Connectors