Technical Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in rPath Linux, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. These issues are caused by errors in cups, poppler and tetex. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2007-2513 - VUPEN/ADV-2005-2755 - VUPEN/ADV-2007-0949

Affected Products

rPath Linux 1

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages :
cups=/conary.rpath.com at rpl:devel//1/1.1.23-14.2-1
poppler=/conary.rpath.com at rpl:devel//1/0.4.5-1.2-1
tetex=/conary.rpath.com at rpl:devel//1/2.0.2-28.7-1
tetex-afm=/conary.rpath.com at rpl:devel//1/2.0.2-28.7-1
tetex-dvips=/conary.rpath.com at rpl:devel//1/2.0.2-28.7-1
tetex-fonts=/conary.rpath.com at rpl:devel//1/2.0.2-28.7-1
tetex-latex=/conary.rpath.com at rpl:devel//1/2.0.2-28.7-1
tetex-xdvi=/conary.rpath.com at rpl:devel//1/2.0.2-28.7-1

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2892
http://lists.rpath.com/pipermail/security-announce/2007-August/000221.html

ChangeLog

2007-08-16 : Initial release

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