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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-6708-1: Critical Graphviz Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey March 22, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Discover the Graphviz vulnerability impacting various Ubuntu versions and explore effective solutions.
Graphviz could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted config6a file.

Summary

Graphviz could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted

config6a file.

Software Description:

- graphviz: rich set of graph drawing tools

Details:

It was discovered that Graphviz incorrectly handled certain config6a files.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update Ubuntu Denial of Service attack vector Graphviz config file issue

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
graphviz 2.42.2-6ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
graphviz 2.42.2-3ubuntu0.1~esm2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
graphviz 2.40.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
graphviz 2.38.0-12ubuntu2.1+esm2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
graphviz 2.36.0-0ubuntu3.2+esm2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6708-1

CVE-2023-46045

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6708-1

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