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Debian DLA-242-1 : imagemagick security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 84130

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes a large number of potential security problems due to insufficient data validation when parsing different input formats.
Most of those potential security problems do not have a CVE number assigned.

While the security implications of all of these problems are not all fully known, it is highly recommended to update.

The update fixes the following identified vulnerabilities :

CVE-2012-3437

Incorrect validation of PNG buffer size, leading to DoS using specially crafted PNG files.

CVE-2014-8354

Out of bounds memory access in resize

CVE-2014-8355

Buffer overflow in PCX reader

CVE-2014-8562

Buffer overflow in DCM readers

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.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2015/06/msg00008.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze-lts/imagemagick

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 84130

File Name: debian_DLA-242.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/12/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:imagemagick-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:imagemagick, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmagickwand3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmagickcore3, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmagick%2b%2b3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmagickwand-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmagickcore-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:perlmagick, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmagickcore3-extra, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:imagemagick-dbg

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3437, CVE-2014-8354, CVE-2014-8355, CVE-2014-8562

BID: 54714, 70830, 70837, 70839