GLSA 200510-06: Dia: Arbitrary code execution through SVG import

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Dia: Arbitrary code execution through SVG import
Date:	10/06/2005
Bugs:	#107916
ID:	200510-06

Synopsis

Improperly sanitised data in Dia allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

Dia is a gtk+ based diagram creation program released under the GPL license.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-office/dia	< 0.94-r3	>= 0.94-r3	All supported architectures

Description

Joxean Koret discovered that the SVG import plugin in Dia fails to properly sanitise data read from an SVG file.

Impact

An attacker could create a specially crafted SVG file, which, when imported into Dia, could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Dia users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/dia-0.94-r3"

References

CAN-2005-2966

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200510-06.xml

Concerns?

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