Secunia Security Advisory - rPath has issued an update for cups, poppler, and tetex. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
rPath update for cups, poppler, and tetex
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27856
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27856/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
rPath Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/10614/
DESCRIPTION:
rPath has issued an update for cups, poppler, and tetex. This fixes
some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA18332
SA26293
SA27553
SOLUTION:
Update to:
cups=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/1.1.23-14.4-1
poppler=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/0.4.5-1.3-1
tetex=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/2.0.2-28.8-1
tetex-afm=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/2.0.2-28.8-1
tetex-dvips=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/2.0.2-28.8-1
tetex-fonts=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/2.0.2-28.8-1
tetex-latex=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/2.0.2-28.8-1
tetex-xdvi=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/2.0.2-28.8-1
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.rpath.com/pipermail/security-announce/2007-November/000282.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA18332:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18332/
SA26293:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26293/
SA27553:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27553/
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