Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 09:14:23 -0300 To: lwn@lwn.net, bugtraq@securityfocus.com, security-alert@linuxsecurity.com Subject: Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - xpdf From: secure@conectiva.com.br ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : xpdf SUMMARY : Shell commands in URLs and insecure use of /tmp DATE : 2000-09-12 15:31:00 RELEVANT RELEASES : 4.0, 4.0es, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, prg gráficos, ecommerce, 5.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION Versions prior to 0.91 of xpdf have some security problems: 1) Insecure file creation in /tmp which could be exploited via symlink attacks; 2) Shell commands inserted in URLs would be expanded and executed by the shell when the user opened such an URL from within xpdf. Please note that xpdf is not SUID and therefore any attack which uses these vulnerabilities will only have the privileges of the user running xpdf. SOLUTION All xpdf users should upgrade. DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS TO THE UPDATED PACKAGES ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0es/SRPMS/xpdf-0.91-1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0es/i386/xpdf-0.91-1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.1/SRPMS/xpdf-0.91-1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.1/i386/xpdf-0.91-1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.2/SRPMS/xpdf-0.91-1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.2/i386/xpdf-0.91-1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/SRPMS/xpdf-0.91-1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/xpdf-0.91-1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/SRPMS/xpdf-0.91-1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/xpdf-0.91-1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/ecommerce/SRPMS/xpdf-0.91-1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/ecommerce/i386/xpdf-0.91-1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/graficas/SRPMS/xpdf-0.91-1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/ferramentas/graficas/i386/xpdf-0.91-1cl.i386.rpm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key can be obtained at http://www.conectiva.com.br/contato ---------------------------------------------------------------------- subscribe: atualizacoes-anuncio-subscribe@bazar.conectiva.com.br unsubscribe: atualizacoes-anuncio-unsubscribe@bazar.conectiva.com.br