Amazon Linux AMI update for GraphicsMagick

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU63947

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1270

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing MIFF files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted MIFF file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

i686:
    GraphicsMagick-debuginfo-1.3.38-1.1.amzn1.i686
    GraphicsMagick-devel-1.3.38-1.1.amzn1.i686
    GraphicsMagick-perl-1.3.38-1.1.amzn1.i686
    GraphicsMagick-1.3.38-1.1.amzn1.i686
    GraphicsMagick-c++-devel-1.3.38-1.1.amzn1.i686
    GraphicsMagick-c++-1.3.38-1.1.amzn1.i686

noarch:
    GraphicsMagick-doc-1.3.38-1.1.amzn1.noarch

src:
    GraphicsMagick-1.3.38-1.1.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    GraphicsMagick-1.3.38-1.1.amzn1.x86_64
    GraphicsMagick-c++-1.3.38-1.1.amzn1.x86_64
    GraphicsMagick-devel-1.3.38-1.1.amzn1.x86_64
    GraphicsMagick-c++-devel-1.3.38-1.1.amzn1.x86_64
    GraphicsMagick-debuginfo-1.3.38-1.1.amzn1.x86_64
    GraphicsMagick-perl-1.3.38-1.1.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

GraphicsMagick: before 1.3.38-1.1

External links

http://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2023-1806.html

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.