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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS : ImageMagick vulnerabilities (USN-5158-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 155729

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5158-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing visual effects based image files. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the application causing a denial of service. (CVE-2021-20244)

 It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when performing resampling operations. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the application

 causing a denial of service. (CVE-2021-20246)

 It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing visual effects based image files. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the application causing a denial of service (CVE-2021-20309)

 It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when processing thumbnail image data. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the application

 causing a denial of service. (CVE-2021-20312)

 It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled memory cleanup when performing certain cryptographic operations. Under certain conditions sensitive cryptographic information could be disclosed.
 (CVE-2021-20313)

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5158-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 155729

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5158-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/30/2021

Updated: 8/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20313

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:imagemagick, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-6.q16-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16-3-extra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:imagemagick-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:imagemagick-6-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-6-headers, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libimage-magick-perl, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand-6-headers, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-6.q16-5v5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6-arch-config, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-6.q16hdri-7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-6.q16hdri-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand-6.q16-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:imagemagick-6.q16hdri, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-6.q16-7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand-6.q16-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libimage-magick-q16hdri-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand-6.q16-3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:imagemagick-6.q16, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16-3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6-headers, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3-extra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore5-extra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:perlmagick, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libimage-magick-q16-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b5

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/29/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20244, CVE-2021-20246, CVE-2021-20309, CVE-2021-20312, CVE-2021-20313

IAVB: 2021-B-0017-S

USN: 5158-1