MGASA-2013-0355

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    MGASA-2013-0355

    Published: 30 Nov 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4589

    Summary: Updated graphicsmagick packages fix CVE-2013-4589

    Details: Updated graphicsmagick packages fix security vulnerability: GraphicsMagick before 1.3.18 is found to have a vulnerability which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the "ExportAlphaQuantumType()" function found in magick/export.c when exporting 8-bit RGBA images, which can be exploited to cause a crash (CVE-2013-4589).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0355.html, https://secunia.com/advisories/55288/, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/15/14, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-November/120008.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11594

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: graphicsmagick

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/graphicsmagick?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.3.17-2.1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High