SB2019040491 - Infinite loop in imagemagick6 (Alpine package) 



SB2019040491 - Infinite loop in imagemagick6 (Alpine package)

Published: April 4, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019040491
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18024)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the function ReadBMPImage in coders/sgi.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack via a specially crafted bmp file.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.