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Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM : Graphviz vulnerabilities (USN-5971-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 173372

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5971-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that graphviz contains null pointer dereference vulnerabilities. Exploitation via a specially crafted input file can cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2018-10196)

 It was discovered that graphviz contains null pointer dereference vulnerabilities. Exploitation via a specially crafted input file can cause a denial of service. These issues only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (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. These issues only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (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-5971-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 173372

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5971-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/24/2023

Updated: 8/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: 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:libgvc6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblab-gamut1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-php7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-guile, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-python, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpathplan4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-php5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgvpr2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-gv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcdt5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-tcl, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgvc6-plugins-gtk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-gv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgraphviz-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-lua, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:graphviz-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcgraph6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxdot4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:graphviz, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-ruby

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2018

Reference Information

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

USN: 5971-1