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CVE-2005-4803

Published: Dec 31, 2005 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
3.6 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4803
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

graphviz 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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
GraphvizGraphviz*2.2 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.5.1 (including)1.5.1 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.5.2 (including)1.5.2 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.5.3 (including)1.5.3 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.7.5.1 (including)1.7.5.1 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.7.5.2 (including)1.7.5.2 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.7.5.3 (including)1.7.5.3 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.7.5.4 (including)1.7.5.4 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.7.5.5 (including)1.7.5.5 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.7.5.6 (including)1.7.5.6 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.7.5.7 (including)1.7.5.7 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.7.5_0.1 (including)1.7.5_0.1 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.7.5_0.2 (including)1.7.5_0.2 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.7.5_0.3 (including)1.7.5_0.3 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.7.16.1 (including)1.7.16.1 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.7.16.2 (including)1.7.16.2 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.8.5.1 (including)1.8.5.1 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.8.5.2 (including)1.8.5.2 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.8.9.1 (including)1.8.9.1 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.10_2003-09-15_0415_1 (including)1.10_2003-09-15_0415_1 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.10_2003-09-15_0415_2 (including)1.10_2003-09-15_0415_2 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.12.1 (including)1.12.1 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.12.2 (including)1.12.2 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.12.3 (including)1.12.3 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.14.1 (including)1.14.1 (including)
GraphvizGraphviz1.16.1 (including)1.16.1 (including)

References

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