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Ubuntu 24.10: USN-7433-1 critical: GraphicsMagick denial of service

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Calendar Grey April 14, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Resolved memory handling vulnerabilities in GraphicsMagick for Ubuntu, tackling essential security risks.
Several security issues were fixed in GraphicsMagick.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in GraphicsMagick. Software Description: - graphicsmagick: collection of image processing tools Details: It was discovered that GraphicsMagick did not properly limit image dimensions, which could lead to excessive memory consumption. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2025-27795) It was discovered that GraphicsMagick did not properly handle certain memory operations, which could lead to a out-of-bounds memory access. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.10. (CVE-2025-27796)

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.10   graphicsmagick                  1.4+really1.3.45-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS   graphicsmagick 1.4+really1.3.42-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 22.04 LTS   graphicsmagick                  1.4+really1.3.38-1ubuntu0.1+esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7433-1

  CVE-2025-27795, CVE-2025-27796

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7433-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/graphicsmagick/1.4+really1.3.45-1ubuntu0.1

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