Description
When GNOME Dia before 2019-11-27 is launched with a filename argument that is not a valid codepoint in the current encoding, it enters an endless loop, thus endlessly writing text to stdout. If this launch is from a thumbnailer service, this output will usually be written to disk via the system's logging facility (potentially with elevated privileges), thus filling up the disk and eventually rendering the system unusable. (The filename can be for a nonexistent file.) NOTE: this does not affect an upstream release, but affects certain Linux distribution packages with version numbers such as 0.97.3.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/dia/issues/428
Broken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00019.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PKLQU2XBM4BGRKOF3L4C5QCPBUNTKEUN/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KTGLGWHINMTDRFL7RZAJZJM5YSVXUXWW/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0015
EPSS Percentile
35.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-835
Status
published
Products (4)
fedoraproject/fedora
32
fedoraproject/fedora
33
gnome/dia
< 2019-11-27
opensuse/leap
15.1
Published
Nov 29, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026