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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200507-29">
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<title>pstotext: Remote execution of arbitrary code</title>
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<synopsis>
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pstotext contains a vulnerability which can potentially result in the
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execution of arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">pstotext</product>
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<announced>2005-07-31</announced>
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<revised count="02">2005-08-11</revised>
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<bug>100245</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-text/pstotext" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.8g-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.8g-r1</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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pstotext is a program that works with GhostScript to extract plain text
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from PostScript and PDF files.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Max Vozeler reported that pstotext calls the GhostScript interpreter on
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untrusted PostScript files without specifying the -dSAFER option.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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An attacker could craft a malicious PostScript file and entice a user
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to run pstotext on it, resulting in the execution of arbitrary commands
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with the permissions of the user running pstotext.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All pstotext users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/pstotext-1.8g-r1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2536">CAN-2005-2536</uri>
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<uri link="https://secunia.com/advisories/16183/">Secunia Advisory SA16183</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-07-30T18:50:03Z">
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koon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-07-30T18:53:14Z">
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adir
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-07-30T19:15:41Z">
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adir
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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