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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : librsvg regression (USN-4436-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 139180

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4436-2 advisory.

 USN-4436-1 fixed a vulnerability in librsvg. The upstream fix caused a regression when parsing certain SVG files. This update backs out the fix pending further investigation.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4436-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 139180

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4436-2.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/30/2020

Updated: 9/3/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-rsvg-2.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librsvg2-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librsvg2-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librsvg2-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:librsvg2-dev

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/29/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2017

Reference Information

USN: 4436-2