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.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2480
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11224
• http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342111
• http://kandangjamur.net/tutorial/dia.txt
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20199
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20254
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20339
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20422
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20457
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20513
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016203
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-03.xml
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:093
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/25699
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0541.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/433313/30/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18078
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1908
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/286-1