Debian DLA-2659-1 : graphviz security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 149485

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

CVE-2018-10196

NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the rebuild_vlists function in lib/dotgen/conc.c in the dotgen library allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.

CVE-2020-18032

A buffer overflow was discovered in Graphviz, which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code when processing a malformed file.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2.38.0-17+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your graphviz packages.

For the detailed security status of graphviz please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/graphviz

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 149485

File Name: debian_DLA-2659.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/14/2021

Updated: 1/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-18032

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcgraph6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpathplan4, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgvpr2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgv-guile, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgv-lua, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgv-ruby, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxdot4, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgvc6, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:graphviz-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgraphviz-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgv-python, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:graphviz, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:graphviz-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgv-perl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgvc6-plugins-gtk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcdt5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgv-tcl

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/30/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10196, CVE-2020-18032

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