MDVSA-2009:244
- Package name
- xfig
- Date
- 2009-09-23
- Advisory ID
- MDVSA-2009:244
- Affected versions
- CS4.0 x86_64 , CS4.0 i586
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.
Updated packages
CS4.0 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
CS4.0 i586
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