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Date:         Fri, 8 Dec 2000 16:56:17 -0200
From: secure@CONECTIVA.COM.BR
Subject:      [CLA-2000:355] Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - ghostscript
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM

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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE   : ghostscript
SUMMARY   : Temporary files and dynamic libraries
DATE      : 2000-12-08 16:31:00
ID        : CLA-2000:355
RELEVANT
RELEASES  : 6.0

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DESCRIPTION
 (This is a specific update for Conectiva Linux 6.0, previous versions
 have already been updated.)
 "ghostscript" as shipped with Conectiva Linux has two security
 problems that could be used to get higher privileges on a system:
 1) insecure temporary file handling could allow symlink attacks;
 2) a compile time option that was incorrectly being used made
 ghostscript pick up dynamic libraries in the current directory
 instead of the system directories.
 These problems are now fixed.


SOLUTION
 All users should upgrade to the new packages.


DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS TO THE UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/SRPMS/ghostscript-5.50-13cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/ghostscript-5.50-13cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/ghostscript-svgalib-5.50-13cl.i386.rpm


ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
 Users of Conectiva Linux version 6.0 or higher may use apt to perform
 upgrades:
 - add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list if it is not there yet
   (you may also use linuxconf to do this):

 rpm [cncbr] ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br 6.0/conectiva updates

 - run:                 apt-get update
 - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade

 Detailed instructions reagarding the use of apt and upgrade examples
 can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en


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All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key can be
obtained at http://www.conectiva.com.br/contato

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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://www.conectiva.com.br/suporte/atualizacoes

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