SB2020011808 - Out-of-bounds read in imagemagick6 (Alpine package)
Published: January 18, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020011808
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) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19949)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due missing length check prior pointer dereference in the "WritePNGImage" function of coders/png.c, related to Magick_png_write_raw_profile and LocaleNCompare. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.