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netpbm Arbitrary Postscript Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA16184
Release Date: 2005-07-25
Last Update: 2005-08-08
Popularity: 14,417 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:NetPBM 10.x

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Description:
Max Vozeler has reported a vulnerability in netpbm, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to pstopnm not using the "-dSAFER" option when calling GhostScript to convert a PostScript file into a PBM, PGM, or PNM file. This allows a malicious PostScript file to execute arbitrary commands on a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 10.0. Other versions may also be affected.

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