Amazon Linux AMI update for GraphicsMagick

Published: 2024-08-06

Risk	High
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2020-21679 CVE-2022-1270
CWE-ID	CWE-787 CWE-119
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Amazon Linux AMI Operating systems & Components / Operating system GraphicsMagick Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	Amazon Web Services

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Out-of-bounds write

EUVDB-ID: #VU83626

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-21679

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input within the WritePCXImage() function in pcx.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

aarch64:
    GraphicsMagick-perl-debuginfo-1.3.38-1.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    GraphicsMagick-c++-devel-1.3.38-1.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    GraphicsMagick-c++-debuginfo-1.3.38-1.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    GraphicsMagick-debugsource-1.3.38-1.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    GraphicsMagick-devel-1.3.38-1.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    GraphicsMagick-perl-1.3.38-1.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    GraphicsMagick-c++-1.3.38-1.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    GraphicsMagick-1.3.38-1.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    GraphicsMagick-debuginfo-1.3.38-1.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64

noarch:
    GraphicsMagick-doc-1.3.38-1.amzn2023.0.4.noarch

src:
    GraphicsMagick-1.3.38-1.amzn2023.0.4.src

x86_64:
    GraphicsMagick-c++-debuginfo-1.3.38-1.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    GraphicsMagick-perl-debuginfo-1.3.38-1.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    GraphicsMagick-debugsource-1.3.38-1.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    GraphicsMagick-c++-devel-1.3.38-1.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    GraphicsMagick-devel-1.3.38-1.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    GraphicsMagick-c++-1.3.38-1.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    GraphicsMagick-perl-1.3.38-1.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    GraphicsMagick-debuginfo-1.3.38-1.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    GraphicsMagick-1.3.38-1.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

GraphicsMagick: before 1.3.38-1.1

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:o:amazon_web_services:amazon_linux_ami:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2024-532.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU63947