It was discovered that ImageMagick does not properly guarantee that initialized memory is used when reading RLE images. A remote attacker could possibly exploit this flaw to disclose potentially sensitive memory contents by, for example, tricking ImageMagick into converting a specially crafted RLE image into another format.
Find out more about CVE-2017-9098 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.1 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | ImageMagick | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ImageMagick | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ImageMagick | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ImageMagick | Will not fix |
Forcefully disable the RLE decoder from being used, for example by renaming ImageMagick's rle.so library:
RHEL6 mitigation:
32bit:
mv /usr/lib/ImageMagick-6.7.2/modules-Q16/coders/rle.so /usr/lib/ImageMagick-6.7.2/modules-Q16/coders/rle.so.CVE-2017-9098
64bit:
mv /usr/lib64/ImageMagick-6.7.2/modules-Q16/coders/rle.so /usr/lib64/ImageMagick-6.7.2/modules-Q16/coders/rle.so.CVE-2017-9098
RHEL7 mitigation:
32bit:
mv /usr/lib/ImageMagick-6.7.8/modules-Q16/coders/rle.so /usr/lib/ImageMagick-6.7.8/modules-Q16/coders/rle.so.CVE-2017-9098
64bit:
mv /usr/lib64/ImageMagick-6.7.8/modules-Q16/coders/rle.so /usr/lib64/ImageMagick-6.7.8/modules-Q16/coders/rle.so.CVE-2017-9098
If you are using the glibc heap implementation (default), it may also be possible to set the "MALLOC_PERTURB_" environment variable to a non-zero value before launching the process using ImageMagick. This should forcefully initialize the memory, but may reduce performance. Ensure proper testing before using these methods.
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