Resource management error in ImageMagick - CVE-2019-13137

Vulnerability identifier: #VU21097

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13137

CWE-ID: CWE-399

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to a memory leak in the "ReadPSImage" function in the "coders/ps.c" file. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service condition on the target system.

ImageMagick
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
Opensuse
imagemagick6 (Alpine package)
imagemagick (Ubuntu package)
imagemagick (Debian package)

Install updates from vendor's website.

ImageMagick - update to 7.0.8-50
imagemagick6 (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 6.9.10.55-r0, 6.9.10.56-r0, 6.9.10.68-r0
imagemagick (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm21, 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm20, 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm12, 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.11+esm10, 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.5+esm10, 8:6.9.12.98+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu0.1~esm9, 8:7.1.2.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1
imagemagick (Debian package) - update to 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1+deb10u1

• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/35ccb468ee2dcbe8ce9cf1e2f1957acc27f54c34
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1601
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/7d11230060fa9c8f67e53c85224daf6648805c7b

• Denial of service in ImageMagick
• Resource management error in imagemagick6 (Alpine package)
• OpenSUSE Linux update for ImageMagick
• Debian update for imagemagick
• Ubuntu update for imagemagick