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Fedora EPEL Update Notification
FEDORA-EPEL-2011-3082
2011-04-15 17:09:31
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Name : chm2pdf
Product : Fedora EPEL 5
Version : 0.9.1
Release : 5.el5
URL :
http://code.google.com/p/chm2pdf/
Summary : A tool to convert CHM files to PDF files
Description :
A simple Python script that converts CHM files into PDF files.
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Update Information:
This update fixes security bugs #474455 and #474457. The security issue is about unsafe
use of fixed temporary directories by chm2pdf.
This update will break --dontextract option. The option will not be shown in the list of
available options.
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #474455 - CVE-2008-5298 chm2pdf insecure temporary file use
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474455
[ 2 ] Bug #474457 - CVE-2008-5299 chm2pdf insecure temporary file symlink flaw
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474457
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs. Use
su -c 'yum update chm2pdf' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
All packages are signed with the Fedora EPEL GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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