=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2149-1
March 17, 2014

librsvg vulnerability
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Librsvg could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:
- librsvg: renderer library for SVG files

Details:

It was discovered that librsvg would load XML external entities by default.
If a user were tricked into viewing a specially crafted SVG file, an
attacker could possibly obtain access to arbitrary files.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 13.10:
  librsvg2-2                      2.36.4-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  librsvg2-2                      2.36.3-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  librsvg2-2                      2.36.1-0ubuntu1.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2149-1
  CVE-2013-1881

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librsvg/2.36.4-2ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librsvg/2.36.3-0ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librsvg/2.36.1-0ubuntu1.1


Ubuntu 2149-1: librsvg vulnerability

March 17, 2014
Librsvg could be made to expose sensitive information.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.10: librsvg2-2 2.36.4-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 12.10: librsvg2-2 2.36.3-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: librsvg2-2 2.36.1-0ubuntu1.1 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2149-1

CVE-2013-1881

Severity
March 17, 2014

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librsvg/2.36.4-2ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librsvg/2.36.3-0ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librsvg/2.36.1-0ubuntu1.1

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