USN-217-1: Inkscape vulnerability
21 November 2005
Inkscape vulnerability
Releases
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 versions:
Ubuntu 5.10
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inkscape
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In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.