CVE-2006-5869

Publication date 26 November 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Description

pstotext before 1.9 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a file name.

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
pstotext	9.10 karmic	Not affected
	9.04 jaunty	Not affected
	8.10 intrepid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected
	7.10 gutsy	Not affected
	7.04 feisty	Not affected
	6.10 edgy	Ignored end of life, was needed
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored end of life