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Ubuntu 23.04: USN-6266-1 Critical Librsvg Information Disclosure Risk

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Calendar Grey August 1, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Alert USN-6266-1 reveals a flaw in librsvg that poses a risk of leaking confidential data. Immediate update recommended.
librsvg could be made to expose sensitive information.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 23.04 - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: librsvg could be made to expose sensitive information. Software Description: - librsvg: renderer library for SVG files Details: Zac Sims discovered that librsvg incorrectly handled decoding URLs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files by using an include element.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical remote access Ubuntu update instructions information disclosure librsvg

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.04: librsvg2-2 2.54.5+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: librsvg2-2 2.52.5+dfsg-3ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: librsvg2-2 2.48.9-1ubuntu0.20.04.4 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6266-1

CVE-2023-38633

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6266-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical remote access Ubuntu update instructions information disclosure librsvg

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librsvg/2.54.5+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librsvg/2.52.5+dfsg-3ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librsvg/2.48.9-1ubuntu0.20.04.4

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