Improper Input Validation Affecting emacs-nox package, versions <1:24.3-23.el7
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed27 Aug 2018
Introduced: 27 Aug 2018
CVE-2018-16644 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 emacs-nox to version 1:24.3-23.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1180.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream emacs-nox package and not the emacs-nox package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
There is a missing check for length in the functions ReadDCMImage of coders/dcm.c and ReadPICTImage of coders/pict.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-11, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16644
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4316
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/16916c8979c32765c542e216b31cee2671b7afe7
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/afa878a689870c28b6994ecf3bb8dbfb2b76d135
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1269
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00002.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1180
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00006.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3785-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/