SB2017082322 - Input validation error in ImageMagick
Published: August 23, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017082322
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13145)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
In ImageMagick before 6.9.8-8 and 7.x before 7.0.5-9, the ReadJP2Image function in coders/jp2.c does not properly validate the channel geometry, leading to a crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=869830
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/ac23b02ecb741e5de60f5235ea443790c88a0b80
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/acee073df34aa4d491bf5cb74d3a15fc80f0a3aa
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/b0c5222ce31e8f941fa02ff9c7a040fb2db30dbc
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/501
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-07
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4019