SB2017082909 - Use-after-free in GraphicsMagick
Published: August 29, 2017 Updated: August 3, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017082909
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13737)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
There is an invalid free in the MagickFree function in magick/memory.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick/rev/3db9449e3d6a/
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/29/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100518
- https://bugs.debian.org/878511
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484196
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF62B5PJA2JDUOCKJGUQO3SPL74BEYSV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHIKB4TP6KBJWT2UIPWL5MWMG5QXKGEJ/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4222-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321