Upstream information

CVE-2012-5656 at MITRE

Description

The rasterization process in Inkscape before 0.48.4 allows local users to read arbitrary files via an external entity in a SVG file, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 2.1
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 794958 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
  • inkscape >= 0.46-62.38.1
  • inkscape-extensions-dia >= 0.46-62.38.1
  • inkscape-extensions-extra >= 0.46-62.38.1
  • inkscape-extensions-fig >= 0.46-62.38.1
  • inkscape-extensions-gimp >= 0.46-62.38.1
  • inkscape-lang >= 0.46-62.38.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp2-inkscape
sledsp2-inkscape
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • inkscape >= 0.46-62.43.1
  • inkscape-extensions-dia >= 0.46-62.43.1
  • inkscape-extensions-extra >= 0.46-62.43.1
  • inkscape-extensions-fig >= 0.46-62.43.1
  • inkscape-extensions-gimp >= 0.46-62.43.1
  • inkscape-lang >= 0.46-62.43.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA inkscape-0.46-62.43.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • inkscape >= 0.46-62.38.1
  • inkscape-extensions-dia >= 0.46-62.38.1
  • inkscape-extensions-extra >= 0.46-62.38.1
  • inkscape-extensions-fig >= 0.46-62.38.1
  • inkscape-extensions-gimp >= 0.46-62.38.1
  • inkscape-lang >= 0.46-62.38.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp2-inkscape

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 inkscape Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 inkscape Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 inkscape Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 inkscape Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 inkscape Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 inkscape Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 inkscape Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 inkscape Affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 19:40:32 2013
CVE page last modified: Thu Jul 25 12:18:39 2024