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Amazon Linux AMI : GraphicsMagick (ALAS-2023-1806)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180076

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of GraphicsMagick installed on the remote host is prior to 1.3.38-1.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1806 advisory.

 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in WritePCXImage function in pcx.c in GraphicsMagick 1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via converting of crafted image file to pcx format.
 (CVE-2020-21679)

 - In GraphicsMagick, a heap buffer overflow was found when parsing MIFF. (CVE-2022-1270)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'yum update GraphicsMagick' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2023-1806.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-21679.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-1270.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180076

File Name: ala_ALAS-2023-1806.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/23/2023

Updated: 2/20/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1270

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:graphicsmagick, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:graphicsmagick-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:graphicsmagick-c%2b%2b-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:graphicsmagick-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:graphicsmagick-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:graphicsmagick-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:graphicsmagick-perl, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-21679, CVE-2022-1270