Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Graphviz vulnerabilities (USN-5264-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 157371

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5264-1 advisory.

- NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the rebuild_vlists function in lib/dotgen/conc.c in the dotgen library in Graphviz 2.40.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file. (CVE-2018-10196)

- The agroot() function in cgraph\obj.c in libcgraph.a in Graphviz 2.39.20160612.1140 has a NULL pointer dereference, as demonstrated by graphml2gv. (CVE-2019-11023)

- 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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5264-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 157371

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5264-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/4/2022

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, 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: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11023

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:graphviz, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgvc6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpathplan4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-guile, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-tcl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:graphviz-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxdot4, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgraphviz-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-python, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgvpr2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcdt5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-lua, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgvc6-plugins-gtk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcgraph6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-ruby

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/3/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10196, CVE-2019-11023, CVE-2020-18032

USN: 5264-1