CVE-2003-0204

Summary

CVECVE-2003-0204
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-05-05 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionKDE 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Kde Kde 2.0 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 2.0.1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 2.1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 2.1.1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 2.1.2 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 2.2 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 2.2.1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 2.2.2 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.0 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.0.1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.0.2 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.0.3 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.0.3a All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.0.4 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.0.5 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.0.5a All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.1 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.1.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'GLSA: kde-3.x (200304-04)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
53343 – kghostview doesn't handle new -dSAFER semantics af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.kde.org
56808 – Security hole (-dPARANOIDSAFER not used) allows arbitrary command execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.kde.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-293-1 kdelibs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-296-1 kdebase af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
'GLSA: kde-2.x (200304-05.1)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20030409-1.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kde.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-284-1 kdegraphics af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
'[Sorcerer-spells] KDE-SORCERER2003-04-12' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
'GLSA: kde-2.x (200304-05)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
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