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From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200510-06 ] Dia: Arbitrary code execution through SVG import
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 15:14:04
Message-Id: 200510061656.29083.jaervosz@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200510-06
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Dia: Arbitrary code execution through SVG import
9 Date: October 06, 2005
10 Bugs: #107916
11 ID: 200510-06
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15 Synopsis
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18 Improperly sanitised data in Dia allows remote attackers to execute
19 arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 Dia is a gtk+ based diagram creation program released under the GPL
25 license.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 app-office/dia < 0.94-r3 >= 0.94-r3
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35 Description
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38 Joxean Koret discovered that the SVG import plugin in Dia fails to
39 properly sanitise data read from an SVG file.
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41 Impact
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44 An attacker could create a specially crafted SVG file, which, when
45 imported into Dia, could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All Dia users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/dia-0.94-r3"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CAN-2005-2966
64 http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2966
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66 Availability
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69 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
70 the Gentoo Security Website:
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72 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200510-06.xml
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74 Concerns?
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77 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
78 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
79 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
80 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
81 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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83 License
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86 Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
87 belongs to its owner(s).
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89 The contents of this document are licensed under the
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