Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Graphviz vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-2435-1 | First vendor Publication | 2014-12-09 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2014-12-09 |
| 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:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| 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 versions: Ubuntu 14.10: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2435-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-134 | Uncontrolled Format String (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28490 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28490 | ||
| Title: | DSA-3098-1 -- graphviz security update | ||
| Description: | Joshua Rogers discovered a format string vulnerability in the yyerror function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphviz, a rich set of graph drawing tools. An attacker could use this flaw to cause graphviz to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-3098-1 CVE-2014-9157 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7.0 | Product(s): | graphviz |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28669 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28669 | ||
| Title: | USN-2435-1 -- Graphviz vulnerability | ||
| Description: | 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. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-2435-1 CVE-2014-9157 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 14.10 Ubuntu 14.04 Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 10.04 | Product(s): | graphviz |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 | |
| Os | 2 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2017-12-14 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2017-1341.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-04-03 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-187.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-03-26 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-105.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-03-09 | Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update. File : ala_ALAS-2015-487.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-03-09 | Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update. File : ala_ALAS-2015-488.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-15 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3098.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-15 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2014-248.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-09 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-2435-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-07 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-15760.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-07 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-15811.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-06 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-15812.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-12-10 13:27:05 |
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| 2014-12-09 05:31:13 |
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