[Secure-testing-team] Bug#867060: graphicsmagick: CVE-2017-10800: OOM in ReadMATImage()

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: graphicsmagick
Version: 1.3.25-8
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream patch

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for graphicsmagick.

CVE-2017-10800[0]:
| When GraphicsMagick 1.3.25 processes a MATLAB image in coders/mat.c, it
| can lead to a denial of service (OOM) in ReadMATImage() if the size
| specified for a MAT Object is larger than the actual amount of data.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-10800
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-10800
[1] http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/e5761e3a2012

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed, only checked
unstable source.

Regards,
Salvatore