Advisory: Fedora Essential and Critical Security Patch Updates

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Fedora: mysql-3.23.58-14 update

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work around SELinux restriction that breaks mysql_install_db (bug #141062). Add a restorecon to keep the mysql.log file in the right context (bz#143887). Fix init script to not need a valid username for startup check (bz#142328). Don't assume /etc/my.cnf will specify pid-file (bz#143724)

Fedora: tetex-2.0.2-21.2 update 2004-585

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The updated tetex package fixes a buffer overflow which allows attackers to cause the internal xpdf library used by applications in tetex to crash, and possibly to execute arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures projects (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-1125 to this issue.

Fedora: tetex-2.0.2-14FC2.1 update 2004-584

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The updated tetex package fixes a buffer overflow which allows attackers to cause the internal xpdf library used by applications in tetex to crash, and possibly to execute arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures projects (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-1125 to this issue.

Fedora: xpdf-3.00-3.6 update

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This package fixes a buffer overflow which allows attackers to cause the xpdf application to crash, and possibly to execute arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures projects (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-1125 to this issue.

Fedora: xpdf-3.00-10.1 update

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This package fixes a buffer overflow which allows attackers to cause the xpdf application to crash, and possibly to execute arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures projects (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-1125 to this issue.

Fedora: cups-1.1.20-11.8 update

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This package fixes a buffer overflow which may possibly allow attackers to execute arbitrary code as the "lp" user. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures projects (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-1125 to this issue.

Fedora: cups-1.1.22-0.rc1.8.2 update

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This package fixes a buffer overflow which may possibly allow attackers to execute arbitrary code as the "lp" user. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures projects (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-1125 to this issue.