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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63589
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-2651 (pdfjam)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to pdfjam;announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-2651.;Note: This VT has been deprecated and is therefore no longer functional.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to pdfjam
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-2651.
Note: This VT has been deprecated and is therefore no longer functional.

Vulnerability Insight:
Update Information:

PDFjam scripts previously create temporary files with predictable names, and are
also susceptible to the search path being modified. This update fixes the two
issues.

ChangeLog:

* Thu Mar 12 2009 Michel Salim - 1.21-1

- Update to 1.21, fixing security issues CVE-2008-5743, CVE-2008-5843
(bz #480174)

Solution:
Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update pdfjam' at the command line.

CVSS Score:
6.9

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5743
BugTraq ID: 32931
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32931
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00484.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00488.html
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459031
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/19/3
http://secunia.com/advisories/33278
http://secunia.com/advisories/34312
XForce ISS Database: pdfjam-pdf90-pdfjoin-pdfnup-symlink(47519)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47519
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5843
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/28/3
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2009 E-Soft Inc.

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