Mandriva Linux Security Update Advisory - Joxean Koret discovered that the Python SVG import plugin in dia, a vector-oriented diagram editor, does not properly sanitize data read from an SVG file and is hence vulnerable to execute arbitrary Python code.
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Mandriva Linux Security Update Advisory
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Package name: dia
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2005:187
Date: October 20th, 2005
Affected versions: 10.2, 2006.0
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Problem Description:
Joxean Koret discovered that the Python SVG import plugin in dia,
a vector-oriented diagram editor, does not properly sanitise data
read from an SVG file and is hence vulnerable to execute arbitrary
Python code.
The updated packages have been patched to address this issue.
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2966
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Updated Packages:
Mandrivalinux 10.2:
0c8a73f7bd63bad23baaec2241b4423c 10.2/RPMS/dia-0.94-4.1.102mdk.i586.rpm
8e8d94c15c4eab00428ae0094f5512a5 10.2/SRPMS/dia-0.94-6.1.20060mdk.src.rpm
Mandrivalinux 10.2/X86_64:
ac4d0bc7654a02cd150693c89d47654b x86_64/10.2/RPMS/dia-0.94-4.1.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
8e8d94c15c4eab00428ae0094f5512a5 x86_64/10.2/SRPMS/dia-0.94-6.1.20060mdk.src.rpm
Mandrivalinux 2006.0:
f15f857ac65e4071d2a54a8037fce302 2006.0/RPMS/dia-0.94-6.1.20060mdk.i586.rpm
8e8d94c15c4eab00428ae0094f5512a5 2006.0/SRPMS/dia-0.94-6.1.20060mdk.src.rpm
Mandrivalinux 2006.0/X86_64:
394b409242bd4271c4cd0e22e86cdf5b x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/dia-0.94-6.1.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
8e8d94c15c4eab00428ae0094f5512a5 x86_64/2006.0/SRPMS/dia-0.94-6.1.20060mdk.src.rpm
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
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