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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55722
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2005:188 (graphviz)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to graphviz
announced via advisory MDKSA-2005:188.

Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena 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.

The updated packages have been patched to address this issue.

Affected versions: 10.2, 2006.0

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDKSA-2005:188

Risk factor : High

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2965
CopyrightCopyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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