Gentoo: GLSA-201702-06 Normal Severity: Graphviz Multiple Threats
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February 11, 2017
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Graphviz and the extent of these vulnerabilities are unspecified.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities in Graphviz were discovered. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All Graphviz users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/graphviz-2.36.0"
References
[ 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
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-06
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Concerns
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.
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Severity: Normal
Title: Graphviz: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 10, 2017
Bugs: #497274
ID: 201702-06
Background
Graphviz is an open source graph visualization software.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-gfx/graphviz < 2.36.0 >= 2.36.0
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
There is no known workaround at this time.
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