USN-217-1: Inkscape vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-217-1

21st November, 2005

inkscape vulnerability

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

  • Ubuntu 5.10

Details

A buffer overflow has been discovered in the SVG importer of Inkscape.
By tricking an user into opening a specially crafted SVG image this
could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
the Inkscape user.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 5.10:
inkscape

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

None

References

https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16689