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Posted on 14 September 2011
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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
