GLSA-200611-07 : GraphicsMagick: PALM and DCM buffer overflows

medium Nessus Plugin ID 23672

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200611-07 (GraphicsMagick: PALM and DCM buffer overflows)

M. Joonas Pihlaja has reported that a boundary error exists within the ReadDCMImage() function of coders/dcm.c, causing the improper handling of DCM images. Pihlaja also reported that there are several boundary errors in the ReadPALMImage() function of coders/palm.c, similarly causing the improper handling of PALM images.
Impact :

An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted DCM or PALM image with GraphicsMagick, and possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running GraphicsMagick.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All GraphicsMagick users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-gfx/graphicsmagick-1.1.7-r3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200611-07

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 23672

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200611-07.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 11/20/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:graphicsmagick, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5456

BID: 20707

GLSA: 200611-07