[USN-51-1] teTeX auxiliary script vulnerability

[Martin Pitt]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-51-1		  December 23, 2004
tetex-bin vulnerability
http://bugs.debian.org/286370
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog)

The following packages are affected:

tetex-bin

The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to
version 2.0.2-21ubuntu0.4.  In general, a standard system upgrade is
sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña noticed that "xdvizilla", an auxiliary
script to integrate DVI file viewing in Mozilla-based browsers,
created temporary files and directories in an insecure manner. This
could allow a symbolic link attack to create or overwrite arbitrary
files with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

  Source archives:

    http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_2.0.2-21ubuntu0.4.diff.gz
      Size/MD5:   111998 b149a13e5457009816a76b754cc4162e
    http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_2.0.2-21ubuntu0.4.dsc
      Size/MD5:     1062 bdaa2e96b4d20a7474ceeab3545ad6d9
    http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_2.0.2.orig.tar.gz
      Size/MD5: 11677169 8f02d5940bf02072ce5fe05429c90e63

  amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)

    http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_2.0.2-21ubuntu0.4_amd64.deb
      Size/MD5:    72752 77b5d18f54c8391760ec9c1fc38391b6
    http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_2.0.2-21ubuntu0.4_amd64.deb
      Size/MD5:    60160 e79789f349cf305aedefee7ae03966f2
    http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_2.0.2-21ubuntu0.4_amd64.deb
      Size/MD5:  4327870 f968654d055dcc75a66395a4901ca8b5

  i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)

    http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_2.0.2-21ubuntu0.4_i386.deb
      Size/MD5:    64822 5f3dc9ad247e397cec113aefe49c782e
    http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_2.0.2-21ubuntu0.4_i386.deb
      Size/MD5:    56548 197c8f20252cec233c9829a66b55d965
    http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_2.0.2-21ubuntu0.4_i386.deb
      Size/MD5:  3812720 5fcedc8c89553d3bdaed940a256c6cf2

  powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)

    http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea-dev_2.0.2-21ubuntu0.4_powerpc.deb
      Size/MD5:    74902 9a03f108796b71a204c5c5042d5d429f
    http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tetex-bin/libkpathsea3_2.0.2-21ubuntu0.4_powerpc.deb
      Size/MD5:    61498 da1e74cc968b00a36c20f19f20aea999
    http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/t/tetex-bin/tetex-bin_2.0.2-21ubuntu0.4_powerpc.deb
      Size/MD5:  4350730 aad3f47c702b8e086b8774ea399e7687
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