-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 _______________________________________________________________________ Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:244 http://www.mandriva.com/security/ _______________________________________________________________________ Package : xfig Date : September 23, 2009 Affected: Corporate 4.0 _______________________________________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________________________________ References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1962 _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing: gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact security_(at)_mandriva.com _______________________________________________________________________ Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFKuigemqjQ0CJFipgRAib9AKC5LvUJN+/2l5QHycQCs5pFF6x+9QCg7RtL ZZmDd7PTlzxTosnYJVUbPgM= =FKPZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----