NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting graphviz-perl package, versions <2.40.1-6.3.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.89% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-GRAPHVIZPERL-2751712
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed13 Jul 2020

Introduced: 13 Jul 2020

CVE-2019-11023  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 graphviz-perl to version 2.40.1-6.3.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream graphviz-perl package and not the graphviz-perl package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 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.