1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1206-1

USN-1206-1: librsvg vulnerability

Publication date

13 September 2011

Overview

SVG image rendering library has had flaws fixed.

Releases

Packages

  • 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.

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

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
11.04 natty librsvg2-bin –  2.32.1-0ubuntu3.1
librsvg2-2 –  2.32.1-0ubuntu3.1
librsvg2-common –  2.32.1-0ubuntu3.1
librsvg2-dev –  2.32.1-0ubuntu3.1
10.10 maverick librsvg2-bin –  2.32.0-0ubuntu1.1
librsvg2-2 –  2.32.0-0ubuntu1.1
librsvg2-common –  2.32.0-0ubuntu1.1
librsvg2-dev –  2.32.0-0ubuntu1.1
10.04 lucid librsvg2-bin –  2.26.3-0ubuntu1.1
librsvg2-2 –  2.26.3-0ubuntu1.1
librsvg2-common –  2.26.3-0ubuntu1.1
librsvg2-dev –  2.26.3-0ubuntu1.1

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