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[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201702-06 ] Graphviz: Multiple vulnerabilities

Posted on 11 February 2017
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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org>
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Subject: [ GLSA 201702-06 ] Graphviz: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201702-06
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Graphviz: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 10, 2017
Bugs: #497274
ID: 201702-06

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Graphviz and the extent of
these vulnerabilities are unspecified.

Background
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Graphviz is an open source graph visualization software.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-gfx/graphviz < 2.36.0 >= 2.36.0

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities in Graphviz were discovered. Please review the
CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker, able to control input matched against a regular
expression or by enticing a user to process a specially crafted file,
could cause unspecified impacts.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Graphviz users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/graphviz-2.36.0"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-0978
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0978
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-1235
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1235
[ 3 ] CVE-2014-1236
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1236

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-06

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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