GLSA 200606-03: Dia: Format string vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Dia: Format string vulnerabilities
Date:	06/07/2006
Bugs:	#133699
ID:	200606-03

Synopsis

Format string vulnerabilities in Dia may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Dia is a GTK+ based diagram creation program.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-office/dia	< 0.95.1	>= 0.95.1	All supported architectures

Description

KaDaL-X discovered a format string error within the handling of filenames. Hans de Goede also discovered several other format string errors in the processing of dia files.

Impact

By enticing a user to open a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Dia users should upgrade to the latest available version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-office/dia-0.95.1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200606-03.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.