SB2023021580 - SUSE update for ImageMagick 

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SB2023021580 - SUSE update for ImageMagick

Published: February 15, 2023 Updated: October 25, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2023021580
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-44267)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources when performing operations on crafted PNG images. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted PNG image to the application and force the application to wait indefinitely for the stdin input, consuming system resources.


2) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-44268)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when performing operations (e.g. resizing) on specially crafted PNG images. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted image to the application and embed contents of other files on the system into the resulting image.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References