Name | CVE-2007-6358 |
Description | 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. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DSA-1437-1 |
Debian Bugs | 456960 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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cups (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.7.5-11+deb8u12 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2.2.1-8+deb9u8 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.2.1-8+deb9u12 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 2.2.10-6+deb10u11 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2.2.10-6+deb10u10 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u8 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u9 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.4.2-3+deb12u7 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 2.4.2-3+deb12u8 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.4.10-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[sarge] - cupsys <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
the debian package is a bit confusing here as it also ships a pdftops
wrapper script as an example but the original script is installed
under /usr/lib/cups/filters