graphviz could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.
It was discovered that graphviz incorrectly handled parsing errors. An attacker could use this issue to cause graphviz to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.
9 December 2014
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
graphviz could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.
It was discovered that graphviz incorrectly handled parsing errors. An attacker could use this issue to cause graphviz to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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