TITLE:
Batik Squiggle Browser Unspecified Security Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14336

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14336/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Batik 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/4685/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Batik, which can be exploited by
malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the
Squiggle browser where some script code using features from the Rhino
scripting engine can access protected resources (e.g. the
filesystem).

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.5. Prior versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.5.1.
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xml/batik

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

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