[ MDVSA-2009:244-1 ] xfig

[dude67]

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Package : xfig
Date : December 28, 2009
Affected: 2008.0
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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.

Update:

Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0
customers.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cg ... -2009-1962
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