SB2013011805 - Multiple vulnerabilities in inkscape



SB2013011805 - Multiple vulnerabilities in inkscape

Published: January 18, 2013 Updated: August 11, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2013011805
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6076)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Inkscape before 0.48.4 reads .eps files from /tmp instead of the current directory, which might cause Inkspace to process unintended files, allow local users to obtain sensitive information, and possibly have other unspecified impacts.


2) 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.