Summary
The remote host is missing an update to graphviz
announced via advisory DSA 857-1.
Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered insecure tmporary file creation in graphviz, a rich set of graph drawing tools, that can be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files by a local attacker.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem probably persists but the package is non-free.
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.1-1sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.1-1sarge1.
We recommend that you upgrade your graphviz package.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20857-1
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-2965 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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