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Bug#456960: cupsys: CVE-2007-6358 insecure file handling in pdftops filter script



Package: cupsys
Severity: important
Tags: security

Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for cupsys.

CVE-2007-6358[0]:
| files/pdftops.pl before 1.20 in pdftops allows local users to
| overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the pdfin.[PID].tmp
| temporary file, which is created when pdftops reads a PDF file from
| stdin, such as when pdftops is invoked by CUPS.

If you fix this vulnerability please also include the CVE id
in your changelog entry.

For further information:
[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6358

Kind regards
Nico

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