Bug 1117465 - (CVE-2018-19490) VUL-1: CVE-2018-19490: gnuplot: an attacker can conduct a heap-based buffer overflow with an arbitrary amount of data in df_generate_ascii_array_entry
(CVE-2018-19490)
VUL-1: CVE-2018-19490: gnuplot: an attacker can conduct a heap-based buffer o...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Classification: Novell Products
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents
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https://smash.suse.de/issue/219615/
CVSSv3:SUSE:CVE-2018-19490:4.4:(AV:L/...
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Reported: 2018-11-27 12:33 UTC by Robert Frohl
Modified: 2020-07-13 12:31 UTC (History)
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Description Robert Frohl 2018-11-27 12:33:03 UTC
CVE-2018-19490

An issue was discovered in datafile.c in Gnuplot 5.2.5. This issue allows an
attacker to conduct a heap-based buffer overflow with an arbitrary amount of
data in df_generate_ascii_array_entry. To exploit this vulnerability, an
attacker must pass an overlong string as the right bound of the range argument
that is passed to the plot function.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2018-19490
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-19490.html
http://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2018-19490/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00031.html
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/bugs/2093/
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main/ci/d5020716834582b20a5e12cdd49f39ee4f9dd949/
Comment 1 Robert Frohl 2018-11-27 12:58:24 UTC
Same upstream patch [0] for gnuplot 5.2 as bsc#1117463 and bsc#1117464. In this case the changes to df_generate_ascii_array_entry are significant.
 

[0] https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/gnuplot-main/ci/e3cc539c23ceb1640395236248f0ab5a26397557/
Comment 2 Robert Frohl 2018-11-27 13:00:00 UTC
df_generate_ascii_array_entry means the changes in datafile.c
Comment 3 Robert Frohl 2018-11-27 13:57:19 UTC
only one codestream seems to be affected:
- SUSE:SLE-15:Update/gnuplot

the function df_generate_ascii_array_entry is missing in sle-12 and before
Comment 6 Swamp Workflow Management 2019-04-08 19:10:09 UTC
SUSE-SU-2019:0904-1: An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1117463,1117464,1117465
CVE References: CVE-2018-19490,CVE-2018-19491,CVE-2018-19492
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 (src):    gnuplot-5.2.2-3.3.29

*** NOTE: This information is not intended to be used for external
    communication, because this may only be a partial fix.
    If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.
Comment 7 Swamp Workflow Management 2019-04-16 19:09:57 UTC
openSUSE-SU-2019:1216-1: An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1117463,1117464,1117465
CVE References: CVE-2018-19490,CVE-2018-19491,CVE-2018-19492
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 15.0 (src):    gnuplot-5.2.2-lp150.3.3.1
Comment 8 Dr. Werner Fink 2020-05-06 08:17:33 UTC
Fix had reached products
Comment 10 Swamp Workflow Management 2020-06-08 13:15:35 UTC
SUSE-SU-2020:14388-1: An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1044638,1117463,1117464,1117465,375175
CVE References: CVE-2017-9670,CVE-2018-19490,CVE-2018-19491,CVE-2018-19492
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (src):    gnuplot-4.2.3-7.3.22

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.
Comment 11 Swamp Workflow Management 2020-06-18 13:14:04 UTC
SUSE-SU-2020:1660-1: An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1044638,1117463,1117464,1117465
CVE References: CVE-2017-9670,CVE-2018-19490,CVE-2018-19491,CVE-2018-19492
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (src):    gnuplot-4.6.5-3.3.74
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (src):    gnuplot-4.6.5-3.3.74

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.
Comment 12 Alexandros Toptsoglou 2020-07-13 12:31:47 UTC
Done