USN-217-1: Inkscape vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 5.10

Details

A buffer overflow has been discovered in the SVG importer of Inkscape.
By tricking an user into opening a specially crafted SVG image this
could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
the Inkscape user.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 5.10

• inkscape -

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16689