Excessive Iteration Affecting graphicsmagick package, versions <1.3.26-8
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- published30 Aug 2017
- disclosed30 Aug 2017
Introduced: 30 Aug 2017
CVE-2017-13777 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:13 graphicsmagick to version 1.3.26-8 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream graphicsmagick package and not the graphicsmagick package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.
GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a denial of service issue in ReadXBMImage() in a coders/xbm.c "Read hex image data" version==10 case that results in the reader not returning; it would cause large amounts of CPU and memory consumption although the crafted file itself does not request it.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-13777
- http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/233a720bfd5e
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4321
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/31/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100575
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-13777
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4222-1/