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graphviz: stack-based buffer overflow

Package(s):graphviz CVE #(s):CVE-2008-4555
Created:October 31, 2008 Updated:December 7, 2009
Description: From the CVE entry: Stack-based buffer overflow in the push_subg function in parser.y (lib/graph/parser.c) in Graphviz 2.20.2, and possibly earlier versions, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a DOT file with a large number of Agraph_t elements.
Alerts:
Mandriva MDVSA-2009:254-1 2009-12-05
Mandriva MDVSA-2009:254 2009-10-01
Gentoo 200811-04 2008-11-09
SuSE SUSE-SR:2008:023 2008-10-31
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