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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202209-19

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202209-19 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GraphicsMagick, the worst of which are fuzzing issues presumed to allow for arbitrary code execution. Versions less than 1.3.38 are affected.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202209-19


                                       https://security.gentoo.org/  

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


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.

Affected packages

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

Description

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

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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

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
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2022 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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