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  2. USN-6266-1

USN-6266-1: librsvg vulnerability

Publication date

1 August 2023

Overview

librsvg could be made to expose sensitive information.

Releases

Packages

  • librsvg - renderer library for SVG files

Details

Zac Sims discovered that librsvg incorrectly handled decoding URLs. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files by
using an include element.

Zac Sims discovered that librsvg incorrectly handled decoding URLs. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files by
using an include element.

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
23.04 lunar librsvg2-2 –  2.54.5+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1
22.04 jammy librsvg2-2 –  2.52.5+dfsg-3ubuntu0.2
20.04 focal librsvg2-2 –  2.48.9-1ubuntu0.20.04.4

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