Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 18:57:00 -0400
From: bugzilla@REDHAT.COM
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Subject: [RHSA-2000:060-03] xpdf bugfix release
Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
Synopsis: xpdf bugfix release
Advisory ID: RHSA-2000:060-03
Issue date: 2000-09-13
Updated on: 2000-09-13
Product: Red Hat Linux
Keywords: security problem in temporary file and malicious URL.
Cross references: N/A
1. Topic:
Security problem in temporary file and malicious URL.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Linux 5.2 – i386, alpha, sparc
Red Hat Linux 6.2 – i386, alpha, sparc
3. Problem description:
There is a security problem when using tmpnam() and fopen() in
versions prior to 0.91. The problem is seen when a root user
overwrites files where a symlink is created between the calls to
tmpname() and fopen().
There is also a problem with URL-type links in PDF documents
that contain quote characters which could also be used to execute
arbitrary commands.
The xpdf-0.91 fixes both these security problems.
4. Solution:
For each RPM for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filename]
where filename is the name of the RPM.
5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
for more info):
N/A
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Linux 5.2:
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/sparc/xpdf-0.91-1.5x.sparc.rpm
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/alpha/xpdf-0.91-1.5x.alpha.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/i386/xpdf-0.91-1.5x.i386.rpm
sources:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/5.2/SRPMS/xpdf-0.91-1.5x.src.rpm
Red Hat Linux 6.2:
sparc:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/sparc/xpdf-0.91-1.6x.sparc.rpm
alpha:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/alpha/xpdf-0.91-1.6x.alpha.rpm
i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/i386/xpdf-0.91-1.6x.i386.rpm
sources:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/SRPMS/xpdf-0.91-1.6x.src.rpm
7. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
1ca613dc77206c3529dab585e6f4fffd 5.2/SRPMS/xpdf-0.91-1.5x.src.rpm 20632cc51819d8a277636bc7e72041ea 5.2/alpha/xpdf-0.91-1.5x.alpha.rpm da4bfce20f17967f03697f7a141a7883 5.2/i386/xpdf-0.91-1.5x.i386.rpm 1707cdcbe06867e9d927c7c150b856e6 5.2/sparc/xpdf-0.91-1.5x.sparc.rpm 54136dd475eeea9f24bf0f7a1eb2d5d9 6.2/SRPMS/xpdf-0.91-1.6x.src.rpm db42b309ce51cf80661b1ea43141328b 6.2/alpha/xpdf-0.91-1.6x.alpha.rpm 7a00ef826fa8f5fa37246a78f4ddcc4a 6.2/i386/xpdf-0.91-1.6x.i386.rpm 8f442274085c2bb45c72f2920d4027d3 6.2/sparc/xpdf-0.91-1.6x.sparc.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our
key is available at:
http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html
You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm –checksig <filename>
If you only wish to verify that each package has not been
corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the
following command:
rpm –checksig –nogpg <filename>
8. References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/79421
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