SB2017081814 - Out-of-bounds read in GraphicsMagick
Published: August 18, 2017 Updated: August 3, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017081814
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12937)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to colormap heap-based buffer over-read. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/95d00d55e978
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100442
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/08/05/graphicsmagick-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-readsunimage-sun-c/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PF62B5PJA2JDUOCKJGUQO3SPL74BEYSV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHIKB4TP6KBJWT2UIPWL5MWMG5QXKGEJ/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4222-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321