SB2018051826 - Fedora 28 update for graphviz
Published: May 18, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018051826
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10196)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the rebuild_vlists() function in lib/dotgen/conc.c within the dotgen library. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file and crash the application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.