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Dia Multiple Format String Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA20199
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Release Date:
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2006-05-22
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Last Update:
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2006-05-30
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Popularity:
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8,397 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Dia 0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-2453
CVE-2006-2480
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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Dia, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
1) A format string error within the handling of filenames for diagram files may be exploited to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a file with a specially crafted filename via the "Open Diagram" dialog box.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions 0.94 and 0.95. Other versions may also be affected.
2) Some format string errors in the processing of dia files may be exploited to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted dia file.
Solution:
Update to version 0.95-1.
Provided and/or discovered by:
1) KaDaL-X
2) Hans de Goede
Changelog:
2006-05-24: Added additional vulnerabilities provided by Hans de Goede.
2006-05-25: Updated advisory.
2006-05-30: Updated "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
http://kandangjamur.net/tutorial/dia.txt
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342111
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-286-1
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=420482
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