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Package name a2ps
Date June 7th, 2005
Advisory ID MDKSA-2005:097
Affected versions 10.1, CS2.1, CS3.0, 10.2

Problem Description

The fixps and psmandup scripts, part of the a2ps package, are
vulnerable to symlink attacks which could allow a local attacker to
overwrite arbitrary files. The updated packages have been patched to
correct the problem.

Updated Packages

Mandrakelinux 10.1

 938d5b703cbeb762efd5619880208497  10.1/RPMS/a2ps-4.13b-5.2.101mdk.i586.rpm
e0e7a61ec86b0af969cbe60008e6830f  10.1/RPMS/a2ps-devel-4.13b-5.2.101mdk.i586.rpm
fce5b28393e1c8da6e0ea1ebdb1a2de6  10.1/RPMS/a2ps-static-devel-4.13b-5.2.101mdk.i586.rpm
05f8fdc46bded4e920c709a781c98550  10.1/SRPMS/a2ps-4.13b-5.2.101mdk.src.rpm

Mandrakelinux 10.1/X86_64

 fc1fd3817e4f41ea41758a3ac53e86cd  x86_64/10.1/RPMS/a2ps-4.13b-5.2.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
84541cd7d841c64ceccb89f2a413d450  x86_64/10.1/RPMS/a2ps-devel-4.13b-5.2.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
acf595ef3b6f3d2a79204feec3e34208  x86_64/10.1/RPMS/a2ps-static-devel-4.13b-5.2.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
05f8fdc46bded4e920c709a781c98550  x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/a2ps-4.13b-5.2.101mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1

 65a7ea65f589533d0aca00a6a37760ff  corporate/2.1/RPMS/a2ps-4.13-14.2.C21mdk.i586.rpm
45c465fc3e2165e6681cccda909fb91f  corporate/2.1/RPMS/a2ps-devel-4.13-14.2.C21mdk.i586.rpm
273f20da1e895043ee719b964b7d2b55  corporate/2.1/RPMS/a2ps-static-devel-4.13-14.2.C21mdk.i586.rpm
58e6bdd04f757728aa63089f8b4249ac  corporate/2.1/SRPMS/a2ps-4.13-14.2.C21mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1/X86_64

 d5cc8c0304f537acd89c575c7124a6c0  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/a2ps-4.13-14.2.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
ee85486832fbdf9873c3acfa8b73bafe  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/a2ps-devel-4.13-14.2.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
84c3ca054e874346bc55daeb5fea0f9f  x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/a2ps-static-devel-4.13-14.2.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
58e6bdd04f757728aa63089f8b4249ac  x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/a2ps-4.13-14.2.C21mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 3.0

 859d494306ae1dca81186e2fe99b9a96  corporate/3.0/RPMS/a2ps-4.13b-5.2.C30mdk.i586.rpm
9bd2c39d7495f18412fcd0a1412f1169  corporate/3.0/RPMS/a2ps-devel-4.13b-5.2.C30mdk.i586.rpm
68be9c1420f80da9047bf2c7f41e861c  corporate/3.0/RPMS/a2ps-static-devel-4.13b-5.2.C30mdk.i586.rpm
daba71e7aa523a71040a54e841bf9300  corporate/3.0/SRPMS/a2ps-4.13b-5.2.C30mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 3.0/X86_64

 3d2e4b184d3ff5f19d5ce48762b25c41  x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/a2ps-4.13b-5.2.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
7edb5fa8542f0a8216e2670a668aaf04  x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/a2ps-devel-4.13b-5.2.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
aebaa6e7473f6fa84bd973df34ef3b96  x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/a2ps-static-devel-4.13b-5.2.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
daba71e7aa523a71040a54e841bf9300  x86_64/corporate/3.0/SRPMS/a2ps-4.13b-5.2.C30mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux LE2005

 47722386507aa7fb8c4ddbbbbcc4a20c  10.2/RPMS/a2ps-4.13b-6.1.102mdk.i586.rpm
190e48d0b4143ac0ad911482e0b0151f  10.2/RPMS/a2ps-devel-4.13b-6.1.102mdk.i586.rpm
4d3d6cbd4ad35999c9bff1f61f890778  10.2/RPMS/a2ps-static-devel-4.13b-6.1.102mdk.i586.rpm
52a665ac72fec5e99b3e1412e6470063  10.2/SRPMS/a2ps-4.13b-6.1.102mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux LE2005/X86_64

 37135cc64ba189c769851ba678532576  x86_64/10.2/RPMS/a2ps-4.13b-6.1.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
6f4cbd5624aac20e99703072131538c7  x86_64/10.2/RPMS/a2ps-devel-4.13b-6.1.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
4314538dcbb211c28f32abc64d9e3de8  x86_64/10.2/RPMS/a2ps-static-devel-4.13b-6.1.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
52a665ac72fec5e99b3e1412e6470063  x86_64/10.2/SRPMS/a2ps-4.13b-6.1.102mdk.src.rpm

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1377

Upgrade

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Verification

Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do this with the command :

		rpm --checksig package.rpm
		

You can get the GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team to verify the GPG signature of each RPM.

If you use MandrivaUpdate, the verification of md5 checksum and GPG signature is performed automatically for you.