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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Graphviz vulnerabilities (USN-5264-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 157371

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5264-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that graphviz contains null pointer dereference

 vulnerabilities. Exploitation via a specially crafted input file

 can cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-10196, CVE-2019-11023)

 It was discovered that graphviz contains a buffer overflow

 vulnerability. Exploitation via a specially crafted input file can cause a denial of service or possibly allow for arbitrary code execution.

 (CVE-2020-18032)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5264-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 157371

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5264-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/4/2022

Updated: 8/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11023

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgraphviz-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgvpr2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxdot4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:graphviz, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:graphviz-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcdt5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-tcl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgvc6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpathplan4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-guile, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcgraph6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-python, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgvc6-plugins-gtk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-lua, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-ruby

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/3/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10196, CVE-2019-11023, CVE-2020-18032

USN: 5264-1