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title: "CVE-2013-1881\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-1881

Publication date 9 October 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

GNOME libsvg before 2.39.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files
via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in
conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity
(XXE) issue.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1881?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| librsvg | 13.10 saucy | Fixed 2.36.4-2ubuntu0.1 |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 2.36.3-0ubuntu1.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 2.36.1-0ubuntu1.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1881?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

fixing this also requires a change to gtk+ in raring and earlier

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| librsvg | * Upstream:   [?id=d83](https://git.gnome.org/browse/librsvg/commit/?id=d83e426fff3f6d0fa6042d0930fb70357db24125) * Upstream:   [?id=f01](https://git.gnome.org/browse/librsvg/commit/?id=f01aded72c38f0e18bc7ff67dee800e380251c8e) * Upstream:   [?id=86e](https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/?id=86ecf54139874e5e2eee8bfd55b93e28f969bf72) * Upstream:   [?id=7b4](https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/?id=7b4f82ccc6c180b809cd3b7b6582394ce741a14e) * Upstream:   [?id=3d6](https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtk+/commit/?id=3d602f5b0a67a7b515dc5add504e02e486aad70c) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1881)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1881)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-1881)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1881)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2149-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2149-1)
+ librsvg vulnerability
+ 17 March 2014

+ [USN-2149-2](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2149-2)
+ GTK+ update
+ 17 March 2014

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1881>