Summary
The remote host is missing an update to pstotext
announced via advisory DSA 792-1.
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.
Solution
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.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20792-1
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-2536 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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