| Description: | The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2010:0399.
teTeX is an implementation of TeX. TeX takes a text file and a set of formatting commands as input, and creates a typesetter-independent DeVice Independent (DVI) file as output.
For details on the issues addressed in this update, please visit the referenced security advisories.
Red Hat would like to thank Braden Thomas and Drew Yao of the Apple Product Security team, Will Dormann of the CERT/CC, and Alin Rad Pop of Secunia Research, for responsibly reporting the Xpdf flaws.
All users of tetex are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.
Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0399.html http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Risk factor : High |