TITLE:
Dia Filename Handling Format String Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20199

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20199/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Dia 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/5793/

DESCRIPTION:
KaDaL-X has reported a vulnerability in Dia, which potentially can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error within the
handling of filenames for diagram files. This may be exploited to
execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a file with a
specially crafted filename via the "Open Diagram" dialog box.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 0.94 and 0.95. Other
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do open files from untrusted sources with strange filenames.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
KaDaL-X

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://kandangjamur.net/tutorial/dia.txt
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342111

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