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[DSA857] DSA-857-1 graphviz

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-857-1 graphviz

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña discovered insecure temporary file
creation in graphviz, a rich set of graph drawing tools, that can be
exploited to overwrite arbitrary files by a local attacker.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem probably persists
but the package is non-free.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.2.1-1sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.2.1-1sarge1.
We recommend that you upgrade your graphviz package.


Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-857
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2007 Michel Arboi

Workstation Components, Memory

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