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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200606-03
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Dia: Format string vulnerabilities
      Date: June 07, 2006
      Bugs: #133699
        ID: 200606-03

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Synopsis
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Format string vulnerabilities in Dia may lead to the execution of
arbitrary code.

Background
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Dia is a GTK+ based diagram creation program.

Affected packages
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     Package         /  Vulnerable  /                       Unaffected
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  1  app-office/dia      < 0.95.1                            >= 0.95.1

Description
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KaDaL-X discovered a format string error within the handling of
filenames. Hans de Goede also discovered several other format string
errors in the processing of dia files.

Impact
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By enticing a user to open a specially crafted file, a remote attacker
could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code with the
rights of the user running the application.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Dia users should upgrade to the latest available version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/dia-0.95.1"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2006-2453
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2453
  [ 2 ] CVE-2006-2480
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2480

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200606-03

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org/.

License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/