SB2019050311 - Out-of-bounds read in imagemagick6 (Alpine package)

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SB2019050311 - Out-of-bounds read in imagemagick6 (Alpine package)

Published: May 3, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019050311
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11598)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to access sensitive information or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the "WritePNMImage()" function in the "coders/pnm.c" file. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted image file (related to SetGrayscaleImage in MagickCore/quantize.c.), trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error, get access to sensitive information or cause a DoS condition on the targeted system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References