Debian DSA-1220-1 : pstotext - insecure file name quoting

medium Nessus Plugin ID 23737

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Brian May discovered that pstotext, a utility to extract plain text from Postscript and PDF files, performs insufficient quoting of file names, which allows execution of arbitrary shell commands.

Solution

Upgrade the pstotext package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.9-1sarge2. The build for the mipsel architecture is not yet available due to technical problems with the build host.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 1.9-4.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 23737

File Name: debian_DSA-1220.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/28/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pstotext, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 11/26/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5869

DSA: 1220

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