Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-1235 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Graphviz 2.34.0

047910
CVSS 7.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
graphviz
CWE-119
nessus

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the "yyerror" function in Graphviz 2.34.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file. NOTE: This vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-0978.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Graphviz
1

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201702-06.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201702-06 (Graphviz: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities in Graphviz were discovered. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : 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 : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id97112
    published2017-02-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/97112
    titleGLSA-201702-06 : Graphviz: Multiple vulnerabilities
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201702-06.
    #
    # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
    # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
    # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(97112);
      script_version("$Revision: 3.2 $");
      script_cvs_date("$Date: 2018/01/26 17:15:57 $");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0978", "CVE-2014-1235", "CVE-2014-1236");
      script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201702-06");
    
      script_name(english:"GLSA-201702-06 : Graphviz: Multiple vulnerabilities");
      script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:
    "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
    patches."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201702-06
    (Graphviz: Multiple vulnerabilities)
    
        Multiple vulnerabilities in Graphviz were discovered. Please review the
          CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
      
    Impact :
    
        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 :
    
        There is no known workaround at this time."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-06"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:
    "All Graphviz users should upgrade to the latest version:
          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-gfx/graphviz-2.36.0'"
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:graphviz");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/02/10");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/02/13");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("qpkg.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (qpkg_check(package:"media-gfx/graphviz", unaffected:make_list("ge 2.36.0"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 2.36.0"))) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = qpkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Graphviz");
    }
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2014-0602.NASL
    descriptionThis is an update fixing CVE-2014-1235 and CVE-2014-1236. This is an update that fixes overflow in yyerror. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-02-12
    plugin id72441
    published2014-02-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/72441
    titleFedora 20 : graphviz-2.34.0-8.fc20 (2014-0602)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2014-0602.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(72441);
      script_version("1.5");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0978", "CVE-2014-1235", "CVE-2014-1236");
      script_bugtraq_id(64674, 64736, 64737);
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2014-0602");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 20 : graphviz-2.34.0-8.fc20 (2014-0602)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "This is an update fixing CVE-2014-1235 and CVE-2014-1236. This is an
    update that fixes overflow in yyerror.
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
    has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
    without introducing additional issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049165"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050871"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050872"
      );
      # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/128085.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?bae5472d"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected graphviz package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:graphviz");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:20");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/01/11");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/02/12");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
    os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! ereg(pattern:"^20([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 20.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"FC20", reference:"graphviz-2.34.0-8.fc20")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "graphviz");
    }
    
  • NASL familyAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idALA_ALAS-2014-297.NASL
    descriptionStack-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
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id72945
    published2014-03-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/72945
    titleAmazon Linux AMI : graphviz-php (ALAS-2014-297)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2014-297.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(72945);
      script_version("1.5");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/04/18 15:09:35");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0978", "CVE-2014-1235", "CVE-2014-1236");
      script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2014-297");
    
      script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : graphviz-php (ALAS-2014-297)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "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.'
    
    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.
    
    Graphviz was recently reported to be affected by a buffer overflow
    vulnerability, which seem to have introduced in the fix for
    CVE-2014-0978 ."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-297.html"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Run 'yum update graphviz-php' to update your system."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:graphviz-php");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/03/06");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/03/12");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    
    release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
    if (isnull(release) || !strlen(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
    os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (os_ver != "A")
    {
      if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
      audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux AMI", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
    }
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"graphviz-php-2.30.1-12.37.amzn1")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "graphviz-php");
    }
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2014-0621.NASL
    descriptionThis is an update that fixes CVE-2014-1235 and CVE-2014-1236. This is an update that fixes overflow in yyerror. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-02-12
    plugin id72442
    published2014-02-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/72442
    titleFedora 19 : graphviz-2.30.1-12.fc19 (2014-0621)
  • NASL familyAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idALA_ALAS-2014-296.NASL
    descriptionStack-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
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id72944
    published2014-03-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/72944
    titleAmazon Linux AMI : graphviz (ALAS-2014-296)
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-2083-1.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that Graphviz incorrectly handled memory in the yyerror function. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted dot file, an attacker could cause Graphviz to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-0978, CVE-2014-1235) It was discovered that Graphviz incorrectly handled memory in the chkNum function. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted dot file, an attacker could cause Graphviz to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-1236) The default compiler options for affected releases should reduce the vulnerability to a denial of service. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-18
    modified2014-01-17
    plugin id72005
    published2014-01-17
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2014-2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/72005
    titleUbuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 / 13.10 : graphviz vulnerabilities (USN-2083-1)