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Debian Security Advisory DSA 857-1 (graphviz)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to graphviz announced via advisory DSA 857-1. Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered insecure tmporary file creation in graphviz, a rich set of graph drawing tools, that can be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files by a local attacker. For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem probably persists but the package is non-free.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.1-1sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.1-1sarge1. We recommend that you upgrade your graphviz package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20857-1