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Debian DSA-847-1 : dia - missing input sanitising

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19955

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Joxean Koret discovered that the Python SVG import plugin in dia, a vector-oriented diagram editor, does not properly sanitise data read from an SVG file and is hence vulnerable to execute arbitrary Python code.

Solution

Upgrade the dia package.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.94.0-7sarge1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=330890

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-847

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19955

File Name: debian_DSA-847.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dia, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2966

BID: 15000

DSA: 847