Dia: Arbitrary code execution through SVG import

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
app-office/dia	< 0.94-r3	>= 0.94-r3	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #107916

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

2. Impact Information

Dia is a gtk+ based diagram creation program released under the GPL license.

Joxean Koret discovered that the SVG import plugin in Dia fails to properly sanitise data read from an SVG file.

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

3. Resolution Information

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Dia users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/dia-0.94-r3"

4. References

Page updated October 06, 2005

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