NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting graphviz package, versions <2.36.0-0ubuntu3.2+esm1
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Start learning- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-GRAPHVIZ-1625938
- published16 Feb 2022
- disclosed8 Apr 2019
Introduced: 8 Apr 2019
CVE-2019-11023 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 graphviz to version 2.36.0-0ubuntu3.2+esm1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream graphviz package and not the graphviz package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 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://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/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/