Advisories MDVSA-2009:244-1: xfig

[paul]

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.