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Graphviz GD GIF Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA28959
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Release Date:
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2008-02-13
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Popularity:
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2,437 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Graphviz 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-4484
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Graphviz, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to the use of vulnerable GD code.
For more information see vulnerability #4 in:
SA21546
The vulnerability is reported in version 2.12. Other versions prior to 2.14 may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 2.14 or later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported via a Red Hat bug report.
Original Advisory:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431568
Other References:
SA21546:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21546/
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