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Red Hat Linux 5.2 RHSA-2000:060-03 Critical: xpdf Temp File Issue

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Calendar Grey September 14, 2000
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The critical Red Hat advisory highlights xpdf temp file issues and malicious URLs, urging immediate updates for security.
There is a security problem when using tmpnam() and fopen() in versions prior to 0.91.

Solution

For each RPM for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filename]

where filename is the name of the RPM.

5. Bug IDs fixed ( for more info):

N/A

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 5.2:

sparc:


alpha:


i386:


sources:


Red Hat Linux 6.2:

sparc:


alpha:


i386:


sources:


7. Verification:

MD5 sum Package Name 1ca613dc77206c3529dab585e6f4fffd 5.2/SRPMS/xpdf-0.91-1.5x.src.rpm 20632cc51819d8a277636bc7e72041ea 5.2/alpha/xpdf-0.91-1.5x.alpha.rpm da4bfce20f17967f03697f7a141a7883 5.2/i386/xpdf-0.91-1.5x.i386.rpm 1707cdcbe06867e9d927c7c150b856e6 5.2/sparc/xpdf-0.91-1.5x.sparc.rpm 54136dd475eeea9f24bf0f7a1eb2d5d9 6.2/SRPMS/xpdf-0.91-1.6x.src.rpm db42b309ce51cf80661b1ea43141328b 6.2/alpha/xpdf-0.91-1.6x.alpha.rpm 7a00ef826fa8f5fa37246a78f4ddcc4a 6.2/i386/xpdf-0.91-1.6x.i386.rpm 8f442274085c2bb45c72f2920d4027d3 6.2/sparc/xpdf-0.91-1.6x.sparc.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at:


You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat critical bug fix xpdf temporary file issue malicious URL

References

Copyright(c) 2000 Red Hat, Inc. `

Package List


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2000:060-03
Issue date: 2000-09-13
Updated on: 2000-09-13
Product: Red Hat Linux
Keywords: security problem in temporary file and malicious URL.
Cross references: N/A

Topic

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat critical bug fix xpdf temporary file issue malicious URL

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Linux 5.2 - i386, alpha, sparc

Red Hat Linux 6.2 - i386, alpha, sparc

Bugs Fixed

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