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