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ImageMagick PNM Image Decoding Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA15124
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Release Date:
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2005-04-27
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Last Update:
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2005-05-26
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Popularity:
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9,023 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | ImageMagick 6.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-1275
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Description:
Damian Put has reported a vulnerability in ImageMagick, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the "ReadPNMImage()" function when decoding PNM image files. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into viewing a specially crafted PNM image.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions 6.x up to and including 6.2.1.
Solution:
Update to version 6.2.2.
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/download.php
Provided and/or discovered by:
Damian Put
Changelog:
2005-05-02: Added CVE reference.
2005-05-26: Updated information about system compromise impact based on Red Hat advisory.
Original Advisory:
Damian Put:
http://www.overflow.pl/adv/imheapoverflow.txt
Other References:
Red Hat:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-413.html
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