CVE-2003-0204 Information

Description

KDE 2 and KDE 3.1.1 and earlier 3.x versions allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) PostScript (PS) or (2) PDF files related to missing -dPARANOIDSAFER and -dSAFER arguments when using the kghostview Ghostscript viewer.

Reference

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53343 http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56808 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000668 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000747 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105001557020141&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105012994719099&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105017403010459&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105034222521369&w=2 http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-284 http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-293 http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-296 http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030409-1.txt http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:049 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-002.html