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GLSA-200505-16 : ImageMagick, GraphicsMagick: Denial of Service vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18380

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-200505-16 (ImageMagick, GraphicsMagick: Denial of Service vulnerability)

 Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered a Denial of Service vulnerability in the XWD decoder of ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick when setting a color mask to zero.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could submit a specially crafted image to a user or an automated system making use of an affected utility, resulting in a Denial of Service by consumption of CPU time.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All ImageMagick users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-gfx/imagemagick-6.2.2.3' All GraphicsMagick users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-gfx/graphicsmagick-1.1.6-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200505-16

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18380

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200505-16.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 5/28/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1739

GLSA: 200505-16