Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting graphviz package, versions [,2.2.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GRAPHVIZ-2374205
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed31 Dec 2005
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Dec 2005

CVE-2005-4803  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade graphviz to version 2.2.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution graphviz before 2.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files. NOTE: this issue was originally associated with a different CVE identifier, CVE-2005-2965, which had been used for multiple different issues. This is the correct identifier.

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CVSS Base Scores

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