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inkscape: unintended file access

Package(s):inkscape CVE #(s):CVE-2012-6076
Created:January 30, 2013 Updated:February 14, 2013
Description: From the Ubuntu advisory:

It was discovered that Inkscape attempted to open certain files from the /tmp directory instead of the current directory. A local attacker could trick a user into opening a different file than the one that was intended.

Alerts:
Ubuntu USN-1712-1 2013-01-30
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2013:0294-1 2013-02-14
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2013:0297-1 2013-02-15

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