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Amazon Linux Local Check: ALAS-2014-296
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Insight
Insight
Stack-based buffer overflow in the chkNum function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphviz 2.34.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to a badly formed number and a long digit list. Stack-based buffer overflow in the yyerror function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphviz 2.34.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a long line in a dot file. Graphviz was recently reported to be affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability, which seem to have introduced in the fix for CVE-2014-0978 .
Solution
Solution
Run yum update graphviz to update your system.