USN-6178-1: SVG++ library vulnerabilities

Publication date

19 June 2023

Overview

SVG++ library vulnerabilities


Packages

  • svgpp - SVG-framework with parsers for various syntaxes and adapters.

Details

It was discovered that in SVG++ library that the demo application incorrectly
managed memory resulting in a memory access violation
under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to leak memory information or run a denial of service attack.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-6246)

It was discovered that in SVG++ library that the demo application
incorrectly handled null pointers under certain circumstances.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
denial of service, leak memory information or manipulate
program execution flow. (CVE-2021-44960)

It was discovered that in SVG++ library that the demo application incorrectly
managed memory resulting in a memory access violation
under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to leak memory information or run a denial of service attack.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-6246)

It was discovered that in SVG++ library that the demo application
incorrectly handled null pointers under certain circumstances.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
denial of service, leak memory information or manipulate
program execution flow. (CVE-2021-44960)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.10 kinetic libsvgpp-dev –  1.3.0+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.22.10.1
22.04 jammy libsvgpp-dev –  1.3.0+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.22.04.1
18.04 bionic libsvgpp-dev –  1.2.3+dfsg1-3ubuntu1+esm1  

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