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openSUSE 15 Security Update : graphviz (openSUSE-SU-2021:1651-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 151688

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:1651-1 advisory.

 - Buffer Overflow in Graphviz Graph Visualization Tools from commit ID f8b9e035 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) by loading a crafted file into the lib/common/shapes.c component. (CVE-2020-18032)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185833

http://www.nessus.org/u?ec2795f6

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-18032

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 151688

File Name: openSUSE-2021-1651.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/16/2021

Updated: 12/8/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-18032

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:graphviz-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:graphviz-gnome, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:graphviz-java, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:graphviz-smyrna, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgraphviz6, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:graphviz-gd, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:graphviz-lua, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:graphviz-php, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:graphviz-plugins-core, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:graphviz-ruby, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:graphviz, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:graphviz-guile, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:graphviz-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:graphviz-gvedit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:graphviz-perl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:graphviz-tcl

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-18032