Arch Linux: ASA-201412-4 Medium Severity: Graphviz Flaw

Arch Linux ASA-201412-4 Medium Severity: Graphviz Format String Flaw

The package graphviz before version 2.38.0-3 is vulnerable to a format string vulnerability.

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201412-4
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Severity: Medium
Date    : 2014-12-03
CVE-ID  : CVE-2014-9157
Package : graphviz
Type    : format string vulnerability
Remote  : No
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE-2014

Summary
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The package graphviz before version 2.38.0-3 is vulnerable to a format
string vulnerability.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 2.38.0-3.

# pacman -Syu "graphviz>=2.38.0-3"

The problem has been fixed upstream, but there has been no release
including the fix yet.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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A format string vulnerability has been found in the error reporting part
of the parser used by graphviz.

Impact
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An attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code by supplying a
specially crafted file to graphviz.

References
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https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-9157
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/872
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/42983
https://github.com/ellson/MOTHBALLED-graphviz/commit/99eda421f7ddc27b14e4ac1d2126e5fe41719081