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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : PHP ImageMagick vulnerability (USN-4586-2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 183552

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4586-2 advisory.

 - In PHP imagick extension in versions between 3.3.0 and 3.4.4, writing to an array of values in ImagickKernel::fromMatrix() function did not check that the address will be within the allocated array.
 This could lead to out of bounds write to memory if the function is called with the data controlled by untrusted party. (CVE-2019-11037)

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

Solution

Update the affected php-imagick package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4586-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 183552

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4586-2.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2023

Updated: 12/22/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11037

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php-imagick

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/3/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11037

USN: 4586-2