Out-of-bounds Write Affecting gnuplot package, versions <4.6.6-3ubuntu0.1
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-GNUPLOT-279861
- published2 Dec 2018
- disclosed23 Nov 2018
Introduced: 23 Nov 2018
CVE-2018-19490 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 gnuplot to version 4.6.6-3ubuntu0.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnuplot package and not the gnuplot package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in datafile.c in Gnuplot 5.2.5. This issue allows an attacker to conduct a heap-based buffer overflow with an arbitrary amount of data in df_generate_ascii_array_entry. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must pass an overlong string as the right bound of the range argument that is passed to the plot function.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-19490
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00031.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00035.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19490
- https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2093/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main/ci/d5020716834582b20a5e12cdd49f39ee4f9dd949/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00066.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4541-1/