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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.1.2023.5484
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-5484-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'librsvg' package(s) announced via the DSA-5484-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'librsvg' package(s) announced via the DSA-5484-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Zac Sims discovered a directory traversal in the URL decoder of librsvg, a SAX-based renderer library for SVG files, which could result in read of arbitrary files when processing a specially crafted SVG file with an XInclude element.

For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 2.50.3+dfsg-1+deb11u1.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 2.54.7+dfsg-1~
deb12u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your librsvg packages.

For the detailed security status of librsvg please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'librsvg' package(s) on Debian 11, Debian 12.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.6

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-38633
Debian Security Information: DSA-5484 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5484
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/422NTIHIEBRASIG2DWXYBH4ADYMHY626/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5BCXT5GW6RCL45ZUHUZR4CJG2BAFDVC/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/43
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213502
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/issues/996
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37415799
https://www.canva.dev/blog/engineering/when-url-parsers-disagree-cve-2023-38633/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/27/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/06/10
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