MGASA-2023-0259

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    MGASA-2023-0259

    Published: 11 Sept 2023Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-38633

    Summary: Updated librsvg packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: A directory traversal problem in the URL decoder of librsvg before 2.56.3 could be used by local or remote attackers to disclose files (on the local filesystem outside of the expected area), as demonstrated by href=".?../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd" in an xi:include element. (CVE-2023-38633)

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0259.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32210, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/27/1, https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213502, https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/issues/996, https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-38633

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: librsvg

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/librsvg?arch=source&distro=mageia-8

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.50.3-1.2.mga8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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