Technical Description

Gentoo has released updated packages to correct a vulnerability identified in Inkspace. This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error in "style.cpp" when importing specially crafted SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) files, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system by convincing a user to open a malformed SVG file. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2005-2511

Affected Products

media-gfx/inkscape versions prior to 0.43

Solution

Upgrade the affected package :
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose " >=media-gfx/inkscape-0.43"

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2597
http://www.frsirt.com/english/reference/1472

ChangeLog

2005-11-28 : Initial release

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