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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6960-1
August 14, 2024

ruby-rmagick vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

RMagick could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Software Description:
- ruby-rmagick: Ruby Bindings for ImageMagick

Details:

Nick Browning discovered that RMagick incorrectly handled memory
under certain operations. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause a denial of service through memory exhaustion.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   ruby-rmagick                    4.2.3-2ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   ruby-rmagick                    2.16.0-6ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6960-1 

   CVE-2023-5349

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby-rmagick/2.16.0-6ubuntu0.1