Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-12432
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 103 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The vulnerability of the ReadPCXImage function in the console-based image editing tool ImageMagick allows a hacker to cause a service failure. | 10 Aug 201700:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| USN-3681-1: ImageMagick vulnerabilities | Cloud Foundry | 14 Jun 201800:00 | – | cloudfoundry | |
| ImageMagick 'ReadPCXImage' Function Denial of Service Vulnerability | 7 Aug 201700:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2017-12432 | 4 Aug 201710:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2017-12432 | 4 Aug 201710:00 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 1081-1] imagemagick security update | 31 Aug 201710:47 | – | debian | |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 1785-1] imagemagick security update | 14 May 201910:40 | – | debian | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 4019-1] imagemagick security update | 5 Nov 201718:09 | – | debian | |
| CVE-2017-12432 | 4 Aug 201710:00 | – | debiancve | |
| Debian DLA-1081-1 : imagemagick security update | 1 Sep 201700:00 | – | nessus |
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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- In ImageMagick 7.0.6-1, a memory exhaustion vulnerability was found in the function ReadPCXImage in
coders/pcx.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-12432)
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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
include('linux_unpatched.inc');
var distro_constraints_array = {
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux-5": {
"package_manager": "rpm-list",
"constraints": [
{
"release": "5",
"pkgs": [
{"reference": "ImageMagick"}
]
}
]
},
"CentOS Linux-7": {
"package_manager": "rpm-list",
"constraints": [
{
"release": "7",
"pkgs": [
{"reference": "ImageMagick"},
{"reference": "ImageMagick-c++"},
{"reference": "ImageMagick-c++-devel"},
{"reference": "ImageMagick-devel"},
{"reference": "ImageMagick-doc"},
{"reference": "ImageMagick-perl"}
]
}
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},
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"release": "6",
"pkgs": [
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{"reference": "ImageMagick-c++"},
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{"reference": "ImageMagick-doc"},
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}
};
var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var third_party_support = get_kb_item('Host/OS/extended-third-party');
if (!empty_or_null(third_party_support)) {
var third_party_vendors = distro_constraints_values['third_party'];
if (!empty_or_null(third_party_vendors)) {
var vendor;
foreach vendor (third_party_vendors) {
if (vendor == third_party_support) exit(0, 'A third party management patch is available for this vulnerability from ' + vendor + '.\n');
}
}
}
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);
if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : report
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}
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