Resource Exhaustion Affecting autotrace package, versions <0:0.31.1-38.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.1% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-AUTOTRACE-1526657
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 Aug 2017

Introduced: 8 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12806  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 autotrace to version 0:0.31.1-38.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In ImageMagick 7.0.6-6, a memory exhaustion vulnerability was found in the function format8BIM, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service.