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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2023-38633: Librsvg: Arbitrary File Read

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2023-38633: Librsvg: Arbitrary File Read

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/22/2023
Created
08/13/2024
Added
08/12/2024
Modified
08/12/2024

Description

A directory traversal problem in the URL decoder of librsvg before 2.56.3 could be used by local or remote attackers to disclose files (on the local filesystem outside of the expected area), as demonstrated by href=".?../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd" in an xi:include element.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-gnome-base-librsvg

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