GLSA 201702-06: Graphviz: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Graphviz: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	02/10/2017
Bugs:	#497274
ID:	201702-06

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Graphviz and the extent of these vulnerabilities are unspecified.

Background

Graphviz is an open source graph visualization software.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-gfx/graphviz	< 2.36.0	>= 2.36.0	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in Graphviz were discovered. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker, able to control input matched against a regular expression or by enticing a user to process a specially crafted file, could cause unspecified impacts.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Graphviz users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/graphviz-2.36.0"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201702-06.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.