USN-286-1: Dia vulnerabilities
24 May 2006
dia vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 5.10
- Ubuntu 5.04
Software Description
Details
Several format string vulnerabilities have been discovered in dia. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted dia file, or a file with a specially crafted name, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the user’s privileges.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 5.10
- dia
- dia-gnome
- Ubuntu 5.04
- dia
- dia-gnome
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.