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Posted on 30 December 2009
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:244-1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : xfig
Date : December 28, 2009
Affected: 2008.0
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Problem Description:
A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in xfig:
Xfig in Debian GNU/Linux, possibly 3.2.5, allows local users to
read and write arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1)
xfig-eps[PID], (2) xfig-pic[PID].pix, (3) xfig-pic[PID].err,
(4) xfig-pcx[PID].pix, (5) xfig-xfigrc[PID], (6) xfig[PID], (7)
xfig-print[PID], (8) xfig-export[PID].err, (9) xfig-batch[PID], (10)
xfig-exp[PID], or (11) xfig-spell.[PID] temporary files, where [PID]
is a process ID (CVE-2009-1962).
This update provides a solution to this vulnerability.
Update:
Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0
customers.
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1962
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Linux 2008.0:
00e6501e1bc05e766f332e1bb29cf55b 2008.0/i586/xfig-3.2.5-0.11.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
e85a089de6bc5f900bcefa5cbcd8e05f 2008.0/SRPMS/xfig-3.2.5-0.11.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64:
209baf1554427a44fae5537764d7e39f 2008.0/x86_64/xfig-3.2.5-0.11.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
e85a089de6bc5f900bcefa5cbcd8e05f 2008.0/SRPMS/xfig-3.2.5-0.11.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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