netpbm 2.10.0.8 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in netpbm 2.10.0.8 and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2005-2471. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in netpbm 2.10.0.8. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 07/25/2005. The weakness was published 07/24/2005 by Max Vozeler with Debian (Website). The advisory is shared at bugs.debian.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2471 since 08/05/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19388 (GLSA-200508-04 : Netpbm: Arbitrary code execution in pstopnm), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117872 (CentOS Security Update for netpbm (CESA-2005:743)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21500), Tenable (19388), SecurityFocus (BID 14379†), OSVDB (18253†) and Secunia (SA16184†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 19388
Nessus Name: GLSA-200508-04 : Netpbm: Arbitrary code execution in pstopnm
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OpenVAS ID: 56526
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1021-1 (netpbm-free)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.debian.org
Researcher: Max Vozeler
Organization: Debian
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-2471 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2471
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25945

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X-Force: 21500
SecurityFocus: 14379 - NetPBM PSToPNM Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 16184
OSVDB: 18253 - Netpbm pstopnm Arbitrary Postscript Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1014752
Vulnerability Center: 8903 - NetPBM pstopnm PostScript File Conversion Enables Arbitrary Code Execution, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/30/2025 05:52
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (75), 06/08/2019 10:20 (8), 06/30/2025 05:52 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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