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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56561
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-266-1 (dia)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to dia
announced via advisory USN-266-1.

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog)
Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog)
Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger)

The following packages are affected: dia dia-gnome dia-libs

Three buffer overflows were discovered in the Xfig file format
importer. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted .fig
file with dia, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary
code with the user's privileges.

Solution:
The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to
version 0.93-4ubuntu2.1 (for Ubuntu 4.10), 0.94.0-5ubuntu1.2 (for
Ubuntu 5.04), or 0.94.0-11ubuntu1.1 (for Ubuntu 5.10). In general, a
standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-266-1

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
7.6

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 17310
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-1550
1015853
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015853
17310
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17310
19469
http://secunia.com/advisories/19469
19505
http://secunia.com/advisories/19505
19507
http://secunia.com/advisories/19507
19543
http://secunia.com/advisories/19543
19546
http://secunia.com/advisories/19546
19765
http://secunia.com/advisories/19765
19897
http://secunia.com/advisories/19897
19959
http://secunia.com/advisories/19959
20060329 Buffer overflows in Dia XFig import
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429357/100/0/threaded
DSA-1025
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1025
FEDORA-2006-261
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00021.html
GLSA-200604-14
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-14.xml
MDKSA-2006:062
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:062
RHSA-2006:0280
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0280.html
SUSE-SR:2006:009
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_28.html
USN-266-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/266-1/
[dia-list] 20060329 Vulnerability in xfig import code
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/dia-list/2006-March/msg00149.html
diaxfig-xfig-import-bo(25566)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25566
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10361
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10361
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