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<glsa id="200511-22">
  <title>Inkscape: Buffer overflow</title>
  <synopsis>
    A vulnerability has been identified that allows a specially crafted SVG
    file to exploit a buffer overflow and potentially execute arbitrary code
    when opened.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">Inkscape</product>
  <announced>November 28, 2005</announced>
  <revised>November 28, 2005: 01</revised>
  <bug>109993</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-gfx/inkscape" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.43</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.43</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor using the W3C
    standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Joxean Koret has discovered that Inkscape incorrectly allocates
    memory when opening an SVG file, creating the possibility of a buffer
    overflow if the SVG file being opened is specially crafted.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    An attacker could entice a user into opening a maliciously crafted
    SVG file, allowing for the execution of arbitrary code on a machine
    with the privileges of the user running Inkscape.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Inkscape users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-gfx/inkscape-0.43&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3737">CVE-2005-3737</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 23 Nov 2005 12:36:14 +0000">
    koon
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:39:24 +0000">
    shellsage
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 27 Nov 2005 21:35:11 +0000">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
</glsa>