A bugtraq posting on July 9, 2003 mentions a
vulnerability in pcltotiff on HP-UX 10.XX.
This is the subject of the security bulletin
HPSBUX0104-149. The main points are:
PROBLEM: /opt/sharedprint/bin/pcltotiff has unsafe permissions.
PLATFORM: HP9000 Series 700/800 running HP-UX releases 10.01,
10.10, 10.20, and 10.26.
A. Background
/opt/sharedprint/bin/pcltotiff is in group bin with set group
id permissions. This is necessary to allow pcltotiff to read
files in /usr/lib/X11/fonts/ifo.st/typefaces/.
B. Fixing the problem
Remove the set group id permissions from pcltotiff and
allow read access to /usr/lib/X11/fonts/ifo.st/typefaces/.
A bugtraq posting on July 9, 2003 mentions a
vulnerability in pcltotiff on HP-UX 10.XX.
This is the subject of the security bulletin
HPSBUX0104-149. The main points are:
PROBLEM: /opt/sharedprint/bin/pcltotiff has unsafe permissions.
PLATFORM: HP9000 Series 700/800 running HP-UX releases 10.01,
10.10, 10.20, and 10.26.
A. Background
/opt/sharedprint/bin/pcltotiff is in group bin with set group
id permissions. This is necessary to allow pcltotiff to read
files in /usr/lib/X11/fonts/ifo.st/typefaces/.
B. Fixing the problem
Remove the set group id permissions from pcltotiff and
allow read access to /usr/lib/X11/fonts/ifo.st/typefaces/.
C. Recommended solution
/sbin/chmod 555 /opt/sharedprint/bin/pcltotiff
/sbin/chmod o+r /usr/lib/X11/fonts/ifo.st/typefaces/
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