| Name | CVE-2006-2480 |
| Description | Format string vulnerability in Dia 0.94 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering errors or warnings, as demonstrated via format string specifiers in a .bmp filename. NOTE: the original exploit was demonstrated through a command line argument, but there are other mechanisms for input that are automatically processed by Dia, such as a crafted .dia file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 368202 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| dia (PTS) | jessie | 0.97.3-1 | fixed |
| stretch | 0.97.3+git20160930-6 | fixed |
| buster | 0.97.3+git20160930-8.1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 0.97.3+git20160930-9 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.97.3+git20220525-5 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.98+git20240814-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| dia | source | (unstable) | 0.95.0-4 | low | | 368202 |
Notes
[sarge] - dia <no-dsa> (Hardly exploitable, would require obviously malformed file names)