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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-5617: SVG Salamander: Server-Side Request Forgery

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-5617: SVG Salamander: Server-Side Request Forgery

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/16/2017
Created
03/17/2020
Added
03/16/2020
Modified
03/16/2020

Description

The SVG Salamander (aka svgSalamander) library, when used in a web application, allows remote attackers to conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via an xlink:href attribute in an SVG file.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-java-svgsalamander

References

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