CVE-2006-5456

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in GraphicsMagick before 1.1.7 and ImageMagick 6.0.7 allow user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a DCM image that is not properly handled by the ReadDCMImage function in coders/dcm.c, or (2) a PALM image that is not properly handled by the ReadPALMImage function in coders/palm.c.

Category

5.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.56%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/24196 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4170 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/g/graphicsmagick/graphicsmagick_1.1.7-9/changelog#versionversion1.1.7-9
http://secunia.com/advisories/22572 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-07.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22601 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24458 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452718/100/100/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/22834 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9765 signature vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29816 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/23090 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1034
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_66_imagemagick.html vendor advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.352092 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22819 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22604 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_3_sr.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-422-1 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459507/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-19.xml vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20707 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/23121 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-811
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0015.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4171 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22998 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24186 third party advisory vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1213 vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/29990 vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-372-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22569 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:193 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=210921 patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:041 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-5456?
CVE-2006-5456 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-5456?
To fix CVE-2006-5456, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-5456 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2006-5456 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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