National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-6358

Overview

pdftops.pl before 1.20 in alternate pdftops filter allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the pdfin.[PID].tmp temporary file, which is created when pdftops reads a PDF file from stdin, such as when pdftops is invoked by CUPS.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (12/18/2007)

Not vulnerable. Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 2.1, 3, 4 and 5 do not ship with the alternate pdftops.pl CUPS printing filter that is affected by this flaw.

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201042

Hyperlink:https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201042

External Source: BID

Name: 26919

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26919

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200712-14

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-14.xml

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1437

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1437

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L515

Hyperlink:http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L515

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28200

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28200

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28139

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28139

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28113

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28113

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 42029

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/42029

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201042

Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201042

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-563-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-563-1

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28386

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28386