The rasterization process in Inkscape before 0.48.4 allows local users to read arbitrary files via an external entity in a SVG file, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5656
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1025185
• https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.48.4
• http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11931
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/095024.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095380.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095398.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00041.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00043.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/20/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56965
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1712-1