Bug 187556 (CVE-2006-1550)

Summary:	CVE-2006-1550 Dia multiple buffer overflows
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Josh Bressers <bressers>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Hans de Goede <hdegoede>
Status:	CLOSED NEXTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Josh Bressers 2006-03-31 21:24:37 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #187401 +++

Dia multiple buffer overflows

infamous41md discovered three buffer overflows in Dia's xfig importer.
The issues are caused by unchecked input from the xfig file.

The patch can be found here:
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/dia-list/2006-March/msg00149.html


This issue also affects RHEL2.1

-- Additional comment from bressers on 2006-03-30 13:44 EST --
Created an attachment (id=127062)
Demo Exploit #1


-- Additional comment from bressers on 2006-03-30 13:44 EST --
Created an attachment (id=127063)
Demo Exploit #2


-- Additional comment from bressers on 2006-03-30 13:45 EST --
Created an attachment (id=127064)
Demo Exploit #3

Comment 1 Hans de Goede 2006-03-31 21:47:12 UTC

Many thanks for reporting this! Keep up the good work!
A build (0.94-21) fixing this using the patch you linked to has been queued to
the buildsys (it should build fine, I tested locally first).