Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | graphviz vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-208-1 | First vendor Publication | 2005-10-17 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2005-10-17 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 3.6 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 4.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) The following packages are affected: graphviz The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 2.2-1ubuntu0.1. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña discovered that the "dotty" tool created and used temporary files in an insecure way. A local attacker could exploit this with a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running dotty. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-208-1 |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 19891 | Graphviz dotty.lefty Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2006-01-15 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-188.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-01-15 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-208-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-10-11 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-857.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 12:02:58 |
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