Security update for TeX
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(Last modified: 12DEC2007)
solutions Security update for TeX SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (e5415bb6339000a029fc7a4b6bb34cb4)
te_cont
te_dvilj
te_eplai
te_etex
te_kpath
te_latex
te_mpost
te_nfs
te_omega
te_pdf
te_ptex
te_web
tetex
Product(s): SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 for x86
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for x86
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for IPF
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for IBM iSeries and IBM pSeries
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for IBM zSeries
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for X86-64
Novell Linux Desktop 9 SDK for x86
Novell Linux Desktop 9 SDK for x86_64
SLES SDK 9 for x86
SLES SDK 9 for IPF
SLES SDK 9 for IBM iSeries and IBM pSeries
SLES SDK 9 for IBM S/390 and IBM zSeries
SLES SDK 9 for IBM zSeries
SLES SDK 9 for X86-64
Patch: patch-12017Zypp-Patch-Number: 4818
Release: 20071212
Obsoletes: none
dvips
and dviljk
which can be used by an attacker to run malicious code by tricking a user to process a specially crafted dvi file under the user's privileges. (CVE-2007-5935, CVE-2007-5937)Additionally,
dvips
creates temporary files in an insecure manner. (CVE-2007-5936)rpm -Fvh te_ams.rpm te_cont.rpm te_dvilj.rpm te_eplai.rpm te_etex.rpm te_kpath.rpm te_latex.rpm te_mpost.rpm te_nfs.rpm te_omega.rpm te_pdf.rpm te_ptex.rpm te_web.rpm tetex.rpm
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