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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2017-18254: Security patch for ImageMagick (Multiple Advisories)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2017-18254: Security patch for ImageMagick (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/27/2018
Created
10/28/2020
Added
10/28/2020
Modified
02/08/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in ImageMagick 7.0.7. A memory leak vulnerability was found in the function WriteGIFImage in coders/gif.c, which allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-imagemagick
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-imagemagick-c
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-imagemagick-c-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-imagemagick-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-imagemagick-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-imagemagick-doc
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-imagemagick-perl

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