[USN-2435-1] Graphviz vulnerability
Seth Arnold
seth.arnold at canonical.com
Tue Dec 9 02:09:11 UTC 2014
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2435-1
December 09, 2014
graphviz vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
graphviz could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially
crafted file.
Software Description:
- graphviz: rich set of graph drawing tools
Details:
It was discovered that graphviz incorrectly handled parsing errors. An
attacker could use this issue to cause graphviz to crash or possibly
execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.10:
graphviz 2.38.0-5ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
graphviz 2.36.0-0ubuntu3.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
graphviz 2.26.3-10ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
graphviz 2.20.2-8ubuntu3.2
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2435-1
CVE-2014-9157
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/graphviz/2.38.0-5ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/graphviz/2.36.0-0ubuntu3.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/graphviz/2.26.3-10ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/graphviz/2.20.2-8ubuntu3.2
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