Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting autotrace package, versions <0:0.31.1-38.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.32% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-AUTOTRACE-2552919
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed18 May 2018

Introduced: 18 May 2018

CVE-2017-18273  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 autotrace to version 0:0.31.1-38.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-1180.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream autotrace package and not the autotrace package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 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 ReadTXTImage in coders/txt.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion) via a crafted image file that is mishandled in a GetImageIndexInList call.