CVE-2012-6076

Publication date 31 December 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Inkscape before 0.48.4 reads .eps files from /tmp instead of the current directory, which might cause Inkspace to process unintended files, allow local users to obtain sensitive information, and possibly have other unspecified impacts.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
inkscape	12.10 quantal	Fixed 0.48.3.1-1ubuntu6.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 0.48.3.1-1ubuntu1.1
	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 0.48.2-0ubuntu1.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

Notes

seth-arnold

"low" priority due to symlink and hardlink restrictions in Ubuntu's Linux kernels; without those protections, "medium" would be more appropriate. Multiple patches are proposed in the bugreport; NewAndUndoOld appears to be preferred from comments #11 and #12

mdeslaur

0.48.4 has fix, albeit the older fix. inkscape in lucid doesn't do the chdir into /tmp, so not-affected

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
inkscape	Other: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/127163394/1022719-NewAndUndoOld.diff

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)