CVE-2023-5349 Draw while calling getdrawinfo()

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

A memory leak in ruby-magick allows attackers to cause denial of service via memory exhaustion when calling getdrawinfo().

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2023-5349?

CVE-2023-5349 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 30 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A memory leak flaw was found in ruby-magick, an interface between Ruby and ImageMagick. This issue can lead to a denial of service (DOS) by memory exhaustion.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5349?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including rmagick. It affects 2 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
rmagick RubyGemsAll versions5.3.0
rmagick RubyGemsAll versions5.3.0

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Rmagick Rmagick.

How do I fix CVE-2023-5349?

Upgrade rmagick to 5.3.0 or later.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2023-5349 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-5349 exists.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5349, DLA-3625-1, DLA-4433-1, GHSA-frgf-8jr5-j2jv, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5349, USN-6960-1.

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