SB2018022328 - Denial of service in ImageMagick



SB2018022328 - Denial of service in ImageMagick

Published: February 23, 2018 Updated: March 7, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018022328
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7443)

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the ReadTIFFImage function due to boundary error. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted image file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.