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[USN-1206-1] librsvg vulnerability

Posted on 13 September 2011
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1206-1
September 13, 2011

librsvg vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

SVG image rendering library has had flaws fixed.

Software Description:
- librsvg: Rendering library for SVG files

Details:

Sauli Pahlman discovered that librsvg did not correctly handle malformed
filter names. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted SVG image, a remote attacker could gain user privileges.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 11.04:
librsvg2-2 2.32.1-0ubuntu3.1
librsvg2-bin 2.32.1-0ubuntu3.1
librsvg2-common 2.32.1-0ubuntu3.1
librsvg2-dev 2.32.1-0ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 10.10:
librsvg2-2 2.32.0-0ubuntu1.1
librsvg2-bin 2.32.0-0ubuntu1.1
librsvg2-common 2.32.0-0ubuntu1.1
librsvg2-dev 2.32.0-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
librsvg2-2 2.26.3-0ubuntu1.1
librsvg2-bin 2.26.3-0ubuntu1.1
librsvg2-common 2.26.3-0ubuntu1.1
librsvg2-dev 2.26.3-0ubuntu1.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1206-1
CVE-2011-3146

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librsvg/2.32.1-0ubuntu3.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librsvg/2.32.0-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librsvg/2.26.3-0ubuntu1.1

 

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