ImageMagick up to 6.9.0-3 sun File memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in ImageMagick up to 6.9.0-3. This affects an unknown part of the component sun File Handler. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2015-8957. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in ImageMagick up to 6.9.0-3 (Image Processing Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component sun File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in ImageMagick before 6.9.0-4 Beta allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted SUN file.

The bug was discovered 09/29/2016. The weakness was presented 04/20/2017 by Bastien Roucaries (oss-sec). The advisory is shared at openwall.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-8957 since 09/20/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93115 (Debian DSA-3652-1 : imagemagick - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169324 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for ImageMagick (SUSE-SU-2016:2667-1)).

Upgrading to version 6.9.0-4 Beta eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (93115) and SecurityFocus (BID 93125†). See VDB-87737, VDB-87738, VDB-87739 and VDB-94147 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 93115
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-3652-1 : imagemagick - security update
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for WindowMaker FEDORA-2017-8f27031c8f
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ImageMagick 6.9.0-4 Beta
Patch: github.com

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08/07/2016 🔍
08/25/2016 +18 days 🔍
08/26/2016 +1 days 🔍
09/20/2016 +25 days 🔍
09/29/2016 +9 days 🔍
04/20/2017 +203 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: imagemagick.org

Advisory: 450bd716ed3b9186dd10f9e60f630a3d9eeea2a4
Researcher: Bastien Roucaries
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-8957 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-8957
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-100333
SecurityFocus: 93125 - ImageMagick CVE-2015-8957 Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2015-8957 - ImageMagick - Buffer Overflow Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/21/2017 09:37
Updated: 12/01/2022 14:09
Changes: 04/21/2017 09:37 (78), 09/18/2020 16:32 (3), 12/01/2022 14:09 (5)
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