SB2012122006 - Fedora EPEL 5 update for inkscape
Published: December 20, 2012 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012122006
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5656)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The rasterization process in Inkscape before 0.48.4 allows local users to read arbitrary files via an external entity in a SVG file, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.