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TITLE:
librsvg Node Type Handling Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45877

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-09-09

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in librsvg, which can be exploited
by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and
potentially compromise an application using the library.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of
node types, which can be exploited to dereference invalid memory via
specially crafted SVG images.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2.34.1.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.34.1.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Ubuntu credits Sauli Pahlman.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/librsvg/2.34/librsvg-2.34.1.news
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=658014

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