Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 16:56:17 -0200
From: secure@CONECTIVA.COM.BR
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Subject: [CLA-2000:355] Conectiva Linux Security Announcement –
ghostscript
CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
PACKAGE : ghostscript
SUMMARY : Temporary files and dynamic libraries
DATE : 2000-12-08 16:31:00
ID : CLA-2000:355
RELEVANT
RELEASES : 6.0
DESCRIPTION (This is a specific update for Conectiva Linux 6.0,
previous versions have already been updated.) “ghostscript” as
shipped with Conectiva Linux has two security problems that could
be used to get higher privileges on a system:
1) insecure temporary file handling could allow symlink
attacks;
2) a compile time option that was incorrectly being used made
ghostscript pick up dynamic libraries in the current directory
instead of the system directories. These problems are now
fixed.
SOLUTION
All users should upgrade to the new packages.
DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS TO THE UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/SRPMS/ghostscript-5.50-13cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/ghostscript-5.50-13cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/ghostscript-svgalib-5.50-13cl.i386.rpm
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
Users of Conectiva Linux version 6.0 or higher may use apt to
perform upgrades:
– add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list if it is not
there yet (you may also use linuxconf to do this):
rpm [cncbr]
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br
6.0/conectiva updates
- run: apt-get update
- after that, execute: apt-get upgrade
Detailed instructions reagarding the use of apt and upgrade
examples can be found at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en
All packages are signed with Conectiva’s GPG key. The key can be
obtained at
http://www.conectiva.com.br/contato