Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting autotrace package, versions <0:0.31.1-38.el7
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- published17 Sept 2024
- disclosed22 Dec 2017
Introduced: 22 Dec 2017
CVE-2017-18271 (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 7.0.7-16 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
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/911
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18271
- 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1180
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1/