Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting php71-pecl-imagick-devel package, versions <0:3.4.4-2.8.amzn1
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- published8 Sept 2023
- disclosed18 May 2018
Introduced: 18 May 2018
CVE-2017-18271 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 php71-pecl-imagick-devel to version 0:3.4.4-2.8.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2023-1814.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php71-pecl-imagick-devel package and not the php71-pecl-imagick-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.
In ImageMagick 7.0.7-16 Q16 x86_64 2017-12-22, an infinite loop vulnerability was found in the function ReadMIFFImage in coders/miff.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion) via a crafted MIFF image file.
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18271
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/911
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00012.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00015.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/