SB2017082911 - Input validation error in GraphicsMagick
Published: August 29, 2017 Updated: August 4, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017082911
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) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13736)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
There are lots of memory leaks in the GMCommand function in magick/command.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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100513
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484192
- 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/