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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201702-06 ] Graphviz: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 23:22:16
Message-Id: a9af5d58-222b-6b6c-8557-f594d8d14d9f@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Graphviz: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: February 10, 2017
10 Bugs: #497274
11 ID: 201702-06
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Graphviz and the extent of
19 these vulnerabilities are unspecified.
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21 Background
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24 Graphviz is an open source graph visualization software.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 media-gfx/graphviz < 2.36.0 >= 2.36.0
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34 Description
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37 Multiple vulnerabilities in Graphviz were discovered. Please review the
38 CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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40 Impact
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43 A remote attacker, able to control input matched against a regular
44 expression or by enticing a user to process a specially crafted file,
45 could cause unspecified impacts.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All Graphviz users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/graphviz-2.36.0"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2014-0978
64 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0978
65 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-1235
66 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1235
67 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-1236
68 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1236
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70 Availability
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73 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
74 the Gentoo Security Website:
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76 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-06
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78 Concerns?
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81 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
82 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
83 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
84 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
85 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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87 License
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90 Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
91 belongs to its owner(s).
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93 The contents of this document are licensed under the
94 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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96 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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