National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-5656

Overview

The rasterization process in Inkscape before 0.48.4 allows local users to read arbitrary files via an external entity in a SVG file, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.48.4

Hyperlink:https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.48.4

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1025185

Hyperlink:https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1025185

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1712-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1712-1

External Source: BID

Name: 56965

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56965

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20121219 Re: CVE request: Inkscape fixes a XXE vulnerability during rasterization of SVG images

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/20/3

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2013:0297

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00043.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2013:0294

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00041.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2012-20621

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095398.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2012-20620

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095380.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2012-20643

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/095024.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11931

Hyperlink:http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11931