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Bug 497274 (CVE-2014-0978, CVE-2014-1235, CVE-2014-1236) - <media-gfx/graphviz-2.36.0: "yyerror()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2014-{0978,1235,1236})
Summary: <media-gfx/graphviz-2.36.0: "yyerror()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-20...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2014-0978, CVE-2014-1235, CVE-2014-1236
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: https://secunia.com/advisories/55666/
Whiteboard: B2 [glsa cve cleanup]
Keywords:
Depends on: 529462 594194
Blocks:
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Reported: 2014-01-06 14:55 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified: 2017-02-10 23:20 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2014-01-06 14:55:18 UTC
From ${URL} :

Description

A vulnerability has been reported in Graphviz, which can be exploited by malicious people to 
compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the "yyerror()" function (lib/cgraph/scan.l) and 
can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted file.

The vulnerability is reported in version 2.34.0. Other versions may also be affected.


Solution:
Fixed in the source code repository.

Further details available to Secunia VIM customers

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Original Advisory:
https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/7aaddf52cd98589fb0c3ab72a393f8411838438a


@maintainer(s): after the bump, in case we need to stabilize the package, please let us know if it is ready for the stabilization or not.
Comment 1 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2014-01-11 17:53:20 UTC
CVE-2014-1236 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1236):
  Stack-based buffer overflow in the chkNum function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in
  Graphviz 2.34.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via
  vectors related to a "badly formed number" and a "long digit list."

CVE-2014-0978 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0978):
  Stack-based buffer overflow in the yyerror function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in
  Graphviz 2.34.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a
  long line in a dot file.
Comment 2 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2016-09-14 13:33:38 UTC
the fixed version was already stabilized
Comment 3 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2017-01-15 10:37:38 UTC
But we cannot clean vulnerable versions until bug 594194 is solved
Comment 4 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2017-01-30 01:52:46 UTC
This fix for CVE-2014-0978 introduced the possible buffer overflow vulnerability that received the name CVE-2014-1235.

Upstream fix:

https://github.com/ellson/graphviz/commit/d266bb2b4154d11c27252b56d86963aef4434750

Fix is present in =media-gfx/graphviz-2.36.0.

New GLSA request filed.
Comment 5 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev 2017-02-10 23:20:33 UTC
This issue was resolved and addressed in
 GLSA 201702-06 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-06
by GLSA coordinator Thomas Deutschmann (whissi).