Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-16669: Security patch for GraphicsMagick (ALAS-2018-966)
7
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
11/08/2017
07/25/2018
03/09/2018
03/02/2020
Description
coders/wpg.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, related to the AcquireCacheNexus function in magick/pixel_cache.c.
Solution(s)
- amazon-linux-upgrade-graphicsmagick
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