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Debian DSA-857-1 : graphviz - insecure temporary file

low Nessus Plugin ID 19965

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered insecure temporary file creation in graphviz, a rich set of graph drawing tools, that can be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files by a local attacker.

Solution

Upgrade the graphviz package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem probably persists but the package is non-free.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.1-1sarge1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-857

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 19965

File Name: debian_DSA-857.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:graphviz, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-4803

BID: 15050

DSA: 857