Upstream information

CVE-2024-56515 at MITRE

Description

Matrix Media Repo (MMR) is a highly configurable multi-homeserver media repository for Matrix. If SVG or JPEGXL thumbnailers are enabled (they are disabled by default), a user may upload a file which claims to be either of these types and request a thumbnail to invoke a different decoder in ImageMagick. In some ImageMagick installations, this includes the capability to run Ghostscript to decode the image/file. If MP4 thumbnailers are enabled (also disabled by default), the same issue as above may occur with the ffmpeg installation instead. MMR uses a number of other decoders for all other file types when preparing thumbnails. Theoretical issues are possible with these decoders, however in testing they were not possible to exploit. This is fixed in MMR v1.3.8. MMR now inspects the mimetype of media prior to thumbnailing, and picks a thumbnailer based on those results instead of relying on user-supplied values. This may lead to fewer thumbnails when obscure file shapes are used. This also helps narrow scope of theoretical issues with all decoders MMR uses for thumbnails. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may disable the SVG, JPEGXL, and MP4 thumbnail types in the MMR config which prevents the decoders from being invoked. Further disabling uncommon file types on the server is recommended to limit risk surface. Containers and other similar technologies may also be used to limit the impact of vulnerabilities in external decoders, like ImageMagick and ffmpeg. Some installations of ImageMagick may disable "unsafe" file types, like PDFs, already. This option can be replicated to other environments as needed. ffmpeg may be compiled with limited decoders/codecs. The Docker image for MMR disables PDFs and similar formats by default.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  CNA (GitHub)
Base Score 6.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
No SUSE Bugzilla entries cross referenced.

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6
  • govulncheck-vulndb >= 0.0.20250128T150132-150000.1.29.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP6-2025-297
openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • govulncheck-vulndb >= 0.0.20250128T150132-150000.1.29.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-297
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • govulncheck-vulndb >= 0.0.20250117T214834-1.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2025-14704


Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 govulncheck-vulndb Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 govulncheck-vulndb Released
openSUSE Leap 15.6 govulncheck-vulndb Released
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
openSUSE Leap 15.5 govulncheck-vulndb Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Jan 16 22:01:11 2025
CVE page last modified: Thu Jan 30 20:03:08 2025