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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201702-06
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Graphviz: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: February 10, 2017
     Bugs: #497274
       ID: 201702-06

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

Background
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Graphviz is an open source graph visualization software.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  media-gfx/graphviz           < 2.36.0                  >= 2.36.0

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

Impact
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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
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Graphviz users should upgrade to the latest version:

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

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-0978
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0978
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-1235
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1235
[ 3 ] CVE-2014-1236
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1236

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-06

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5