Resource Exhaustion Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.14
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- published25 Sept 2018
- disclosed21 Aug 2018
Introduced: 21 Aug 2018
CVE-2018-15607 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 imagemagick to version 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.14 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream imagemagick package and not the imagemagick package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
In ImageMagick 7.0.8-11 Q16, a tiny input file 0x50 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x4c 0x36 0x38 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x36 0x1f 0x35 0x50 0x00 can result in a hang of several minutes during which CPU and memory resources are consumed until ultimately an attempted large memory allocation fails. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-15607
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15607
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-15607
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1255
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105137
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4034-1/