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Mageia: 2019-0305 Critical Update for Graphviz NULL Pointer Issue

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Calendar Grey October 29, 2019
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Revised Mageia graphviz versions resolve a NULL pointer vulnerability, boosting safety through prompt updates. Discover further details.
The updated packages fix a security vulnerability: The agroot() function in cgraph\obj.c in libcgraph.a in Graphviz 2.39.20160612.1140 has a NULL pointer dereference, as demonstr...

Summary

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability:
The agroot() function in cgraph\obj.c in libcgraph.a in Graphviz 2.39.20160612.1140 has a NULL pointer dereference, as demonstrated by graphml2gv. (CVE-2019-11023)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25563

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1699848

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FI3D5TQE3IMCSF5OUTXQL4GVKFCIY5JG/

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11023

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue buffer overflow software update NULL pointer Mageia Graphviz

Resolution

SRPMS

- 7/core/graphviz-2.40.1-17.1.mga7

Severity
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Publication date: 29 Oct 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0305.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-11023

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue buffer overflow software update NULL pointer Mageia Graphviz

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