CVE-2007-6358

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/28113
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28200
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-563-1
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201042
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-14.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26919
• http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L515
• http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1437
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28386
• http://osvdb.org/42029
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28139

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/28113
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28200
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-563-1
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201042
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-14.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26919
• http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L515
• http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1437
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28386
• http://osvdb.org/42029
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28139

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