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Ubuntu 13.10 USN-2149-1 Critical: Librsvg Information Exposure

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Librsvg could be made to expose sensitive information.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2149-1
March 17, 2014

librsvg vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Librsvg could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:
- librsvg: renderer library for SVG files

Details:

It was discovered that librsvg would load XML external entities by default.
If a user were tricked into viewing a specially crafted SVG file, an
attacker could possibly obtain access to arbitrary files.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 13.10:
  librsvg2-2                      2.36.4-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  librsvg2-2                      2.36.3-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  librsvg2-2                      2.36.1-0ubuntu1.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2149-1
  CVE-2013-1881

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librsvg/2.36.4-2ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librsvg/2.36.3-0ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librsvg/2.36.1-0ubuntu1.1


Ubuntu 13.10 USN-2149-1 Critical: Librsvg Information Exposure

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The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2149-1 addresses a vulnerability in librsvg that could compromise sensitive data in various releases.
Librsvg could be made to expose sensitive information.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.10: librsvg2-2 2.36.4-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 12.10: librsvg2-2 2.36.3-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: librsvg2-2 2.36.1-0ubuntu1.1 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2149-1

CVE-2013-1881

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March 17, 2014

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librsvg/2.36.4-2ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librsvg/2.36.3-0ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librsvg/2.36.1-0ubuntu1.1

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