CVE-2005-4803

NameCVE-2005-4803
Descriptiongraphviz before 2.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files. NOTE: this issue was originally associated with a different CVE identifier, CVE-2005-2965, which had been used for multiple different issues. This is the correct identifier.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-857-1
Debian Bugs336985

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
graphviz (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2.38.0-7+deb8u1fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch2.38.0-17+deb9u1fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)2.40.1-6+deb10u1fixed
bullseye2.42.2-5+deb11u1fixed
bookworm2.42.2-7+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie2.42.4-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
graphvizsourcesarge2.2.1-1sarge1lowDSA-857-1
graphvizsource(unstable)2.2.1-1sarge1low336985
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