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[Thomas Houssin <thomas.houssin AT gmail.com>]

Synopsis
========
Improperly sanitised data in Dia allows remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code.

Background
==========
Dia is a program for creating diagrams of all kinds. The current version
can do UML class diagrams, Entity-Relationship modeling, network
diagrams, and much more.

Description
===========
CAN-2005-2966:
The Python SVG import plugin (diasvg_import.py) for dia and earlier
allows user-complicit attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a
crafted SVG file.

Impact
======
An attacker could create a specially crafted SVG file, which could lead
to the execution of arbitrary code when imported into dia.

Workaround
==========
There are no known workarounds at this time.

Affected packages
=================
This is now fixed in all grimoires.

Resolution
==========
All dia users should upgrade to the latest available version:
         # scribe update
         # cast -c dia

References
==========
   [ 1 ] CAN-2005-2966
         http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2966
   [ 2 ] GLSA 200510-06
         http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-06.xml


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Thomas Houssin

Security Team Leader Source Mage GNU/Linux (http://www.sourcemage.org)
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