USN-2435-1: Graphviz vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2435-1


8th December, 2014


graphviz vulnerability


A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:



  • Ubuntu 14.10

  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

  • Ubuntu 10.04 LTS


Summary


graphviz could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.


Software description



  • graphviz - rich set of graph drawing tools


Details


It was discovered that graphviz incorrectly handled parsing errors. An

attacker could use this issue to cause graphviz to crash or possibly

execute arbitrary code.


Update instructions


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



Ubuntu 14.10:

graphviz 2.38.0-5ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

graphviz 2.36.0-0ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

graphviz 2.26.3-10ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:

graphviz 2.20.2-8ubuntu3.2


To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://bit.ly/1aJDvTw.


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


References


CVE-2014-9157






from Ubuntu Security Notices http://bit.ly/1wtzaTX