NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting graphviz-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.38.0-18.51.amzn1
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- published27 Sept 2021
- disclosed8 Apr 2019
Introduced: 8 Apr 2019
CVE-2019-11023 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 graphviz-debuginfo to version 0:2.38.0-18.51.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2019-1207.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream graphviz-debuginfo package and not the graphviz-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11023
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CLEAHLDJVMAEGA3YMC7KPKJ7ZPXNMJID/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FI3D5TQE3IMCSF5OUTXQL4GVKFCIY5JG/
- https://gitlab.com/graphviz/graphviz/issues/1517
- https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-in-function-agroot/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00065.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00056.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00065.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CLEAHLDJVMAEGA3YMC7KPKJ7ZPXNMJID/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FI3D5TQE3IMCSF5OUTXQL4GVKFCIY5JG/