| Name | CVE-2017-9670 |
| Description | An uninitialized stack variable vulnerability in load_tic_series() in set.c in gnuplot 5.2.rc1 allows an attacker to cause Denial of Service (Segmentation fault and Memory Corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact when a victim opens a specially crafted file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 864901, 864903 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| gnuplot (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.6.6-2+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch | 5.0.5+dfsg1-6+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster | 5.2.6+dfsg1-1+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 5.4.1+dfsg1-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 5.4.4+dfsg1-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 6.0.0+dfsg1-3 | fixed |
| gnuplot5 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 5.0.0~rc+dfsg2-1+deb8u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| gnuplot | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| gnuplot | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| gnuplot | source | stretch | 5.0.5+dfsg1-6+deb9u1 | | | |
| gnuplot | source | (unstable) | 5.0.5+dfsg1-7 | unimportant | | 864901 |
| gnuplot5 | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| gnuplot5 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | 864903 |
Notes
[jessie] - gnuplot <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[wheezy] - gnuplot <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[jessie] - gnuplot5 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/1933/
The specific CVE is for the uninitialized stack variable fixed via set.c
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1044638#c5
Fixed by: https://github.com/gnuplot/gnuplot/commit/4e39b1d7b274c7d4a69cbaba85ff321264f4457e
Introduced by: https://github.com/gnuplot/gnuplot/commit/cd4b777389379598740fc02decff772b0e7bcbd6
Crash in a CLI tool, no security impact