WriteOnePNGImage in coders/png.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 has a heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted file.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4248-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that GraphicsMagick incorrectly handled certain image files. An attacker could possibly     use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

New bug and security fix release, see http://www.graphicsmagick.org/NEWS.html#june-15-2019

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http://www.graphicsmagick.org/NEWS.html#june-15-2019

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Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in GraphicsMagick, a set of command-line applications to manipulate image files, which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if malformed image files are processed.

Various security issues were discovered in Graphicsmagick, a collection of image processing tools. Heap-based buffer overflows or overreads may lead to a denial of service or disclosure of in-memory information or other unspecified impact by processing a malformed image file.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.20-3+deb8u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your graphicsmagick packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The NSFocus Security Team discovered multiple security issues in Graphicsmagick, a collection of image processing tools. Several heap-based buffer over-reads may lead to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have other unspecified impact when processing a crafted file.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.16-1.1+deb7u16.

We recommend that you upgrade your graphicsmagick packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
133207	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : GraphicsMagick vulnerabilities (USN-4248-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
126361	Fedora 30 : GraphicsMagick (2019-da4c20882c)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
126356	Fedora 29 : GraphicsMagick (2019-425a1aa7c9)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
118179	Debian DSA-4321-1 : graphicsmagick - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
110727	Debian DLA-1401-1 : graphicsmagick security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
105659	Debian DLA-1231-1 : graphicsmagick security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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