#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory ALAS-2025-3096.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(281804);
script_version("1.2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/02/18");
script_cve_id("CVE-2025-65955");
script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2 : ImageMagick, --advisory ALAS2-2025-3096 (ALAS-2025-3096)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of ImageMagick installed on the remote host is prior to 6.9.10.97-1. It is, therefore, affected by a
vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-3096 advisory.
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to
7.1.2-9 and 6.9.13-34, there is a vulnerability in ImageMagick's Magick++ layer that manifests when
Options::fontFamily is invoked with an empty string. Clearing a font family calls RelinquishMagickMemory
on _drawInfo->font, freeing the font string but leaving _drawInfo->font pointing to freed memory while
_drawInfo->family is set to that (now-invalid) pointer. Any later cleanup or reuse of _drawInfo->font re-
frees or dereferences dangling memory. DestroyDrawInfo and other setters (Options::font, Image::font)
assume _drawInfo->font remains valid, so destruction or subsequent updates trigger crashes or heap
corruption. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.1.2-9 and 6.9.13-34. (CVE-2025-65955)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2/ALAS2-2025-3096.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-65955.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update ImageMagick' or
or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2-2025-3096' to update your system.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-65955");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/12/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/01/05");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/01/05");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ImageMagick");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ImageMagick-c++");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ImageMagick-c++-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ImageMagick-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ImageMagick-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ImageMagick-doc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ImageMagick-perl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "2")
{
if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}
if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var pkgs = [
{'reference':'ImageMagick-6.9.10.97-1.amzn2.0.18', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'ImageMagick-6.9.10.97-1.amzn2.0.18', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'ImageMagick-6.9.10.97-1.amzn2.0.18', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'ImageMagick-c++-6.9.10.97-1.amzn2.0.18', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'ImageMagick-c++-6.9.10.97-1.amzn2.0.18', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'ImageMagick-c++-6.9.10.97-1.amzn2.0.18', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'ImageMagick-c++-devel-6.9.10.97-1.amzn2.0.18', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'ImageMagick-c++-devel-6.9.10.97-1.amzn2.0.18', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'ImageMagick-c++-devel-6.9.10.97-1.amzn2.0.18', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'ImageMagick-debuginfo-6.9.10.97-1.amzn2.0.18', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'ImageMagick-debuginfo-6.9.10.97-1.amzn2.0.18', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'ImageMagick-debuginfo-6.9.10.97-1.amzn2.0.18', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'ImageMagick-devel-6.9.10.97-1.amzn2.0.18', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'ImageMagick-devel-6.9.10.97-1.amzn2.0.18', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'ImageMagick-devel-6.9.10.97-1.amzn2.0.18', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'ImageMagick-doc-6.9.10.97-1.amzn2.0.18', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'ImageMagick-doc-6.9.10.97-1.amzn2.0.18', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'ImageMagick-doc-6.9.10.97-1.amzn2.0.18', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'ImageMagick-perl-6.9.10.97-1.amzn2.0.18', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'ImageMagick-perl-6.9.10.97-1.amzn2.0.18', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'ImageMagick-perl-6.9.10.97-1.amzn2.0.18', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
var reference = NULL;
var _release = NULL;
var sp = NULL;
var _cpu = NULL;
var el_string = NULL;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
var epoch = NULL;
var allowmaj = NULL;
var exists_check = NULL;
var cves = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "ImageMagick / ImageMagick-c++ / ImageMagick-c++-devel / etc");
}
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