Executive Summary

Summary
Title Inkscape vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-438-1 First vendor Publication 2007-03-20
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2007-03-20
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 5.10:
inkscape 0.42-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
inkscape 0.43-4ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 6.10:
inkscape 0.44-1ubuntu2.1

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Inkscape or reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

A flaw was discovered in Inkscape's use of format strings. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted URI in Inkscape, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-438-1

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 7

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for inkscape MDKSA-2007:069 (inkscape)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_069.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for inkscape vulnerability USN-438-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_438_1.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200704-10 (Inkscape)
File : nvt/glsa_200704_10.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
34370 Inkscape URI Handling Format String

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2007-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_inkscape-3061.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-438-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_inkscape-3062.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-04-19 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200704-10.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-03-26 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-069.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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