Amazon Linux AMI update for ImageMagick

Published: 2025-02-19

Risk	High
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2021-20309 CVE-2023-5341
CWE-ID	CWE-369 CWE-416
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Amazon Linux AMI Operating systems & Components / Operating system ImageMagick Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	Amazon Web Services

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Division by zero

EUVDB-ID: #VU62868

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20309

CWE-ID: CWE-369 - Divide By Zero

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a division by zero error in the WaveImage() function in MagickCore/visual-effects.c . A remote attacker can pass specially crafted image file to the application and crash it.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

aarch64:
    ImageMagick-c++-debuginfo-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.aarch64
    ImageMagick-debuginfo-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.aarch64
    ImageMagick-perl-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.aarch64
    ImageMagick-doc-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.aarch64
    ImageMagick-perl-debuginfo-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.aarch64
    ImageMagick-c++-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.aarch64
    ImageMagick-debugsource-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.aarch64
    ImageMagick-c++-devel-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.aarch64
    ImageMagick-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.aarch64
    ImageMagick-devel-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.aarch64
    ImageMagick-libs-debuginfo-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.aarch64
    ImageMagick-libs-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.aarch64

src:
    ImageMagick-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.src

x86_64:
    ImageMagick-perl-debuginfo-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.x86_64
    ImageMagick-c++-devel-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.x86_64
    ImageMagick-debugsource-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.x86_64
    ImageMagick-c++-debuginfo-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.x86_64
    ImageMagick-devel-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.x86_64
    ImageMagick-debuginfo-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.x86_64
    ImageMagick-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.x86_64
    ImageMagick-perl-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.x86_64
    ImageMagick-c++-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.x86_64
    ImageMagick-doc-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.x86_64
    ImageMagick-libs-debuginfo-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.x86_64
    ImageMagick-libs-6.9.12.82-1.amzn2023.0.7.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

ImageMagick: All versions

CPE2.3

External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-379.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.

2) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU82972

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 8.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5341

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free