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