Out-of-Bounds Affecting gnuplot package, versions *
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- published2 Dec 2018
- disclosed23 Nov 2018
Introduced: 23 Nov 2018
CVE-2018-19491 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:18.04 gnuplot.
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:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in post.trm in Gnuplot 5.2.5. This issue allows an attacker to conduct a buffer overflow with an arbitrary amount of data in the PS_options function. This flaw is caused by a missing size check of an argument passed to the "set font" function. This issue occurs when the Gnuplot postscript terminal is used as a backend.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-19491
- 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-2018-19491
- https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2094/
- 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/