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Re: Mise à jour tetex 3.0-12.2.20060mdk         

Group: alt.fr.os.mandrake · Group Profile
Author: R.T.F.M.
Date: Oct 24, 2006 12:05

R.T.F.M. a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> J'ai cette mise à jour qui ne passe pas. Pas de message
> d'erreur . . . que faire ?
>
> MERCI

Ne cherchez plus je suis passé à 2007
une journée de galère pour arriver à retrouver mes marques
Pfffffff !
>
> Nom : tetex
> Version : 3.0-12.2.20060mdk
> Architecture : i586
> Taille : 82884 Ko
> Importance : security
>
> Intitulé : The TeX text formatting system
>
> Raison de la mise à jour :Integer overflows were reported in the GD
> Graphics Library (libgd) 2.0.28, and possibly other versions. These
> overflows allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and
> possibly execute arbitrary code via PNG image files with large image
> rows values that lead to a heap-based buffer overflow in the
> gdImageCreateFromPngCtx() function. Tetex contains an embedded copy of
> the GD library code. (CAN-2004-0941)
>
> The LZW decoding in the gdImageCreateFromGifPtr function in the Thomas
> Boutell graphics draw (GD) library (aka libgd) 2.0.33 allows remote
> attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via malformed
> GIF data that causes an infinite loop. Tetex contains an embedded copy
> of the GD library code. (CVE-2006-2906)
>
> Updated packages have been patched to address both issues.
>
> Description : teTeX is an implementation of TeX for Linux or UNIX
> systems. TeX takes
> a text file and a set of formatting commands as input and creates a
> typesetter independent .dvi (DeVice Independent) file as output.
> Usually, TeX is used in conjunction with a higher level formatting
> package like LaTeX or PlainTeX, since TeX by itself is not very
> user-friendly.
>
> Install teTeX if you want to use the TeX text formatting system. If
> you are installing teTeX, you will also need to install tetex-afm (a
> PostScript(TM) font converter for TeX), tetex-dvilj (for converting
> .dvi files to HP PCL format for printing on HP and HP compatible
> printers), tetex-dvips (for converting .dvi files to PostScript format
> for printing on PostScript printers), tetex-latex (a higher level
> formatting package which provides an easier-to-use interface for TeX)
> and tetex-xdvi (for previewing .dvi files in X). Unless you're an
> expert at using TeX, you'll also want to install the tetex-doc
> package, which includes the documentation for TeX.
>

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