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Gentoo GLSA-202309-21 Normal: GraphicsMagick Code Execution Risks

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Calendar Grey September 29, 2022
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
LibPNG encountered several vulnerabilities that could result in unauthorized code execution. Users advised to update promptly for their protection.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GraphicsMagick, the worst of which are fuzzing issues presumed to allow for arbitrary code execution

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GraphicsMagick. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo software update code execution normal severity GraphicsMagick fuzzing issue

Resolution

All GraphicsMagick users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/graphicsmagick-1.3.38"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-12672 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12672 [ 2 ] CVE-2022-1270 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1270

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-19
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: GraphicsMagick: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: September 29, 2022
Bugs: #721328, #836283, #873367
ID: 202209-19

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo software update code execution normal severity GraphicsMagick fuzzing issue

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GraphicsMagick, the worst of which are fuzzing issues presumed to allow for arbitrary code execution.

Background

GraphicsMagick is a collection of tools and libraries which support reading, writing, and manipulating images in many major formats.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-gfx/graphicsmagick < 1.3.38 >= 1.3.38

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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