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  1. Bug #11419
  2. Comment #38

Comment 38 for bug 11419

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In , Hilmar Preusse (hille42) wrote : Re: Bug#286984: CAN-2004-1125: Arbitrary code execution in tetex-bin

On 31.12.04 Martin Schulze (<email address hidden>) wrote:
> Hilmar Preusse wrote:

Hi,

> > So why is the hunk then included in the patch for xpdf 1.0 (DSA
> > 619-1)? Why is it part of 3.00pl2 at all?
>
> Because it's the upstream fix and doesn't harm. Contrary to
> tetex-bin this is only a minor part of the correction for cups and
> xpdf. The real vulnerability does not exist in tetex-bin, so
> there's no update needed.
>
Would you be so kind to close that bug then?

Thanks and Regards,
  Hilmar
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