SVG image rendering library has had flaws fixed.
Sauli Pahlman discovered that librsvg did not correctly handle malformed filter names. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted SVG image, a remote attacker could gain user privileges.
13 September 2011
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
SVG image rendering library has had flaws fixed.
Sauli Pahlman discovered that librsvg did not correctly handle malformed filter names. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted SVG image, a remote attacker could gain user privileges.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.
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