Inkscape Client Malicious Jabber Server Format String Vulnerability

BID:23138

Info

Inkscape Client Malicious Jabber Server Format String Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 23138
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2007-1464
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 26 2007 12:00AM
Updated: May 17 2007 05:48AM
Credit: Kees Cook reported this issue.
Vulnerable: rPath rPath Linux 1
Pardus Linux 2007.1
Inkscape Inkscape 0.44
+ Gentoo Linux
Inkscape Inkscape 0.43
+ Gentoo Linux
Inkscape Inkscape 0.42
+ Gentoo Linux
Inkscape Inkscape 0.41
Inkscape Inkscape 0.40
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64
 Gentoo Linux
Foresight Linux Foresight Linux 1.1
Not Vulnerable: Inkscape Inkscape 0.45
+ Gentoo Linux

Discussion

Inkscape Client Malicious Jabber Server Format String Vulnerability

The Inkscape client application is prone to a format-string vulnerability.

This issue presents itself because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before passing it as the format specifier to a formatted-printing function.

A successful attack may crash the application or possibly lead to arbitrary code execution. This may facilitate unauthorized access or privilege escalation in the context of the user running the application.

Exploit / POC

Inkscape Client Malicious Jabber Server Format String Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: mailto:[email protected].

Solution / Fix

Inkscape Client Malicious Jabber Server Format String Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released fixes to address this issue; please see the reference section for details.


Inkscape Inkscape 0.40

Inkscape Inkscape 0.41

Inkscape Inkscape 0.42

Inkscape Inkscape 0.43

Inkscape Inkscape 0.44

References

Inkscape Client Malicious Jabber Server Format String Vulnerability

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