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A librsvg security update has been released for Ubuntu Linux 20.04 LTS, 22.04 LTS, and 23.04.



[USN-6266-1] librsvg vulnerability


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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6266-1
August 01, 2023

librsvg vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 23.04
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

librsvg could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:
- librsvg: renderer library for SVG files

Details:

Zac Sims discovered that librsvg incorrectly handled decoding URLs. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files by
using an include element.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 23.04:
librsvg2-2 2.54.5+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
librsvg2-2 2.52.5+dfsg-3ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
librsvg2-2 2.48.9-1ubuntu0.20.04.4

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6266-1
CVE-2023-38633

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librsvg/2.54.5+dfsg-1ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librsvg/2.52.5+dfsg-3ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/librsvg/2.48.9-1ubuntu0.20.04.4