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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Graphviz vulnerability (USN-6708-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 192397

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6708-1 advisory.

 - Graphviz 2.36.0 through 9.x before 10.0.1 has an out-of-bounds read via a crafted config6a file. NOTE:
 exploitability may be uncommon because this file is typically owned by root. (CVE-2023-46045)

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-6708-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 192397

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6708-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/21/2024

Updated: 3/21/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-46045

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: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:graphviz, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:graphviz-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcdt5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcgraph6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgraphviz-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-guile, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-lua, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-php5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-php7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-python, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-ruby, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgv-tcl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgvc6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgvc6-plugins-gtk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgvpr2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblab-gamut1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpathplan4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxdot4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-gv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-gv

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/21/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46045

USN: 6708-1