SB2017090520 - Input validation error in graphicsmagick (Alpine package)
Published: September 5, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017090520
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-2017-13775)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a denial of service issue in ReadJNXImage() in coders/jnx.c whereby large amounts of CPU and memory resources may be consumed although the file itself does not support the requests.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.