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Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:254 (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 MDVSA-2009:254.
Insight
Insight
A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in graphviz: Stack-based buffer overflow in the push_subg function in parser.y (lib/graph/parser.c) in Graphviz 2.20.2, and possibly earlier versions, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a DOT file with a large number of Agraph_t elements (CVE-2008-4555). This update provides a fix for this vulnerability. Affected: 2008.1, 2009.0, Corporate 4.0, Enterprise Server 5.0
Solution
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:254