From aliz@gentoo.org Fri Oct 18 22:12:07 2002 From: Daniel Ahlberg To: full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 23:56:38 +0200 Subject: [Full-Disclosure] GLSA: tetex -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200210-004 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : tetex SUMMARY : Command execution vulnerability in dvips EXPLOIT : local & remote DATE    : 2002-10-18 22:00 UTC - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Olaf Kirch of SuSE has discovered a vulnerability in dvips that allowed remote users with printing access to execute command as the lp user by sending carefully crafted printjobs. SOLUTION It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running app-text/tetex-1.0.7-r10 and earlier update their systems as follows: emerge rsync emerge tetex emerge clean - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- aliz@gentoo.org - GnuPG key is available at www.gentoo.org/~aliz - - -------------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9sIOVfT7nyhUpoZMRAto7AJ0RU7DDa3SpqQvBoeUKImMs4mEisgCggQNe 4qSNCwk2T6bcxePUOmHbDy4= =eIne -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html