TITLE:
Debian update for inkscape

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17882

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17882/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
http://secunia.com/product/5307/
Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid
http://secunia.com/product/530/

DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for inkscape. This fixes two
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated
privileges and by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's
system.

For more information:
SA16343
SA17651

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

-- Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge --

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inkscape/inkscape_0.41-4.99.sarge2.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 889 8e20fa91e0d4cc48dad356842e279d43
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inkscape/inkscape_0.41-4.99.sarge2.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 19542 16dc49a90ef6362eafb0f1185d1d3341
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inkscape/inkscape_0.41.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 6090081 989a09d06e4db1ddfd00b8019a5dcd73

Alpha architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inkscape/inkscape_0.41-4.99.sarge2_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5976090 cd204ed15f1c5ab0603225d6b98c5b39

AMD64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inkscape/inkscape_0.41-4.99.sarge2_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5424440 2cab0898d7275fedb719e98ff1de05ea

ARM architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inkscape/inkscape_0.41-4.99.sarge2_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5413996 5b4fd5a1d97408108cc26e0990468d63

Intel IA-32 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inkscape/inkscape_0.41-4.99.sarge2_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5445836 435ce53091c87aeb6979d3b7c75a625e

Intel IA-64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inkscape/inkscape_0.41-4.99.sarge2_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 6580176 f855d6c9aca23aa045e4d0e391cd3e65

HP Precision architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inkscape/inkscape_0.41-4.99.sarge2_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5894380 f233719364af393e84eb3577c5bd3d90

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inkscape/inkscape_0.41-4.99.sarge2_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5326010 d5a122f8852512d0eef1202fad73d970

Big endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inkscape/inkscape_0.41-4.99.sarge2_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5768826 56ea6b35e2340861c4440aa650f2bd62

Little endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inkscape/inkscape_0.41-4.99.sarge2_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5760476 3f2dc329f2cc5d1597c931a234900931

PowerPC architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inkscape/inkscape_0.41-4.99.sarge2_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5573546 4310413071b8b30686aefb533c36c09a

IBM S/390 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inkscape/inkscape_0.41-4.99.sarge2_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5280106 f892057ad430c49c47ad408ed8455c8a

Sun Sparc architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/inkscape/inkscape_0.41-4.99.sarge2_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 5350968 1654ffcb98846190a686440f43e691bd

-- Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid --

Fixed in version 0.42.2+0.43pre1-1.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-916

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16343:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16343/

SA17651:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17651/

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