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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2659-1 graphviz -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

13 May 2021

Affected Packages:

graphviz

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 898841, Bug 988000.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-10196, CVE-2020-18032.

More information:

• CVE-2018-10196

  NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the rebuild_vlists function in lib/dotgen/conc.c in the dotgen library allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.

• CVE-2020-18032

  A buffer overflow was discovered in Graphviz, which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code when processing a malformed file.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2.38.0-17+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your graphviz packages.

For the detailed security status of graphviz please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/graphviz

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS