SuSE 11.2 Security Update : inkscape (SAT Patch Number 7380)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64906

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

inkscape was updated to fix a XXE (Xml eXternal Entity) attack during rasterization of SVG images (CVE-2012-5656), where the rendering of malicious SVG images could have connected from inkscape to internal hosts.

Also inkscape would have loaded .EPS files from untrusted /tmp occasionaly instead from the current directory. (CVE-2012-6076)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 7380.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64906

File Name: suse_11_inkscape-130220.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/27/2013

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:inkscape-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:inkscape, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:inkscape-extensions-gimp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:inkscape-extensions-dia, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:inkscape-extensions-extra, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:inkscape-extensions-fig

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5656, CVE-2012-6076

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