bugtraq - [ MDVSA-2009:244 ] xfig

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Message-Id: <E1MqV7M-0004fZ-UR@titan.mandriva.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:55:00 +0200
From: security@...driva.com
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: [ MDVSA-2009:244 ] xfig


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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2009:244
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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 Package : xfig
 Date    : September 23, 2009
 Affected: Corporate 4.0
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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.
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 References:

 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1962
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 Updated Packages:

 Corporate 4.0:
 9b524a6e53cd89941a4290a00d561e8e  corporate/4.0/i586/xfig-3.2.5-0.3.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm 
 7acec9f8cfa926f46fe656f8691e4ee0  corporate/4.0/SRPMS/xfig-3.2.5-0.3.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

 Corporate 4.0/X86_64:
 148e0eab82c2090bff83cb2b2ea41ba9  corporate/4.0/x86_64/xfig-3.2.5-0.3.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm 
 7acec9f8cfa926f46fe656f8691e4ee0  corporate/4.0/SRPMS/xfig-3.2.5-0.3.20060mlcs4.src.rpm
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 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
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