DSA-5484-1 librsvg -- security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-38633  

Zac Sims discovered a directory traversal in the URL decoder of librsvg, a SAX-based renderer library for SVG files, which could result in read of arbitrary files when processing a specially crafted SVG file with an XInclude element. For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 2.50.3+dfsg-1+deb11u1. For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 2.54.7+dfsg-1~deb12u1. We recommend that you upgrade your librsvg packages. For the detailed security status of librsvg please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/librsvg

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5484-1 librsvg -- security update

Date Reported:
27 Aug 2023
Affected Packages:
librsvg
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 1041810.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2023-38633.
More information:

Zac Sims discovered a directory traversal in the URL decoder of librsvg, a SAX-based renderer library for SVG files, which could result in read of arbitrary files when processing a specially crafted SVG file with an XInclude element.

For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 2.50.3+dfsg-1+deb11u1.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 2.54.7+dfsg-1~deb12u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your librsvg packages.

For the detailed security status of librsvg please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/librsvg