SB2023021585 - SUSE update for ImageMagick

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

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

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear

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)

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green

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

• https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20230428-1/