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dia: buffer overflows

Package(s):dia CVE #(s):CVE-2006-1550
Created:April 3, 2006 Updated:May 3, 2006
Description: Three buffer overflows were discovered in the Xfig file format importer. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted .fig file with dia, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
Alerts:
Red Hat RHSA-2006:0280-01 2006-05-03
Gentoo 200604-14 2006-04-23
Fedora FEDORA-2006-261 2006-04-05
Mandriva MDKSA-2006:062 2006-04-03
Ubuntu USN-266-1 2006-04-03
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