Ubuntu update for imagemagick

Published: 2023-03-15 | Updated: 2023-11-21

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-44267 CVE-2022-44268
CWE-ID	CWE-399 CWE-200
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available. Public exploit code for vulnerability #2 is available.
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Ubuntu Operating systems & Components / Operating system libmagick++-6.q16-8 (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component imagemagick (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libmagickcore-6.q16-6 (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component imagemagick-6.q16 (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra (Ubuntu package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	Canonical Ltd.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU72079

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-44267

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

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.

Mitigation

Update the affected package imagemagick to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

Ubuntu: 20.04 - 22.10

libmagick++-6.q16-8 (Ubuntu package): before 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.10.2

imagemagick (Ubuntu package): before 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.10.2

libmagickcore-6.q16-6 (Ubuntu package): before 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.10.2

imagemagick-6.q16 (Ubuntu package): before 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.10.2

libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra (Ubuntu package): before 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.10.2

External links

http://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5855-2

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

2) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU72078

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-44268

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure