CVE-2005-2536

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions pstotext versions prior to 1.8g

Description The issue arises from the improper use of the "-dSAFER" option when calling Ghostscript to extract plain text from PostScript and PDF files. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious PostScript file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.8g, update to version 1.8g or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the pstotext functionality until the update is applied.