[ MDVSA-2015:203 ] batik

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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2015:203
 http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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 Package : batik
 Date    : April 10, 2015
 Affected: Business Server 1.0, Business Server 2.0
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 Problem Description:

 Updated batik packages fix security vulnerability:
 
 Nicolas Gregoire and Kevin Schaller discovered that Batik would load
 XML external entities by default. If a user or automated system were
 tricked into opening a specially crafted SVG file, an attacker could
 possibly obtain access to arbitrary files or cause resource consumption
 (CVE-2015-0250).
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 References:

 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0250
 http://advis

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