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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: USN-6960-1 Critical: RMagick Memory Crash Risk

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Calendar Grey August 14, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Announcement USN-6961-1 concerning RMagick stability issue impacting various LTS releases.
RMagick could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: RMagick could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input. Software Description: - ruby-rmagick: Ruby Bindings for ImageMagick Details: Nick Browning discovered that RMagick incorrectly handled memory under certain operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service through memory exhaustion.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu memory exhaustion ruby-rmagick

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS   ruby-rmagick                    4.2.3-2ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm2                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS   ruby-rmagick                    2.16.0-6ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6960-1

  CVE-2023-5349

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu memory exhaustion ruby-rmagick

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby-rmagick/2.16.0-6ubuntu0.1

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