Resource Management Errors Affecting GraphicsMagick-devel package, versions <0:1.3.25-1.9.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.77% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-GRAPHICSMAGICKDEVEL-1701768
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed6 Feb 2017

Introduced: 6 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-7448  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 GraphicsMagick-devel to version 0:1.3.25-1.9.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2016-752.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream GraphicsMagick-devel package and not the GraphicsMagick-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Utah RLE reader in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or large memory allocations) via vectors involving the header information and the file size.