Access Restriction Bypass Affecting inkscape-docs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.16% (63rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-INKSCAPEDOCS-1332378
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed17 Dec 2012

Introduced: 17 Dec 2012

CVE-2012-5656  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 inkscape-docs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream inkscape-docs package and not the inkscape-docs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1