imagemagick vulnerabilities

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Several security issues were fixed in ImageMagick.

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed image files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

8 March 2017

imagemagick vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 16.10
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in ImageMagick.

Software Description

  • imagemagick - Image manipulation programs and library

Details

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed image files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.10
imagemagick - 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.4
imagemagick-6.q16 - 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.4
libmagick++-6.q16-5v5 - 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.4
libmagickcore-6.q16-2 - 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.4
libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra - 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.4
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
imagemagick - 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.5
imagemagick-6.q16 - 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.5
libmagick++-6.q16-5v5 - 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.5
libmagickcore-6.q16-2 - 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.5
libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra - 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.5
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
imagemagick - 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.5
libmagick++5 - 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.5
libmagickcore5 - 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.5
libmagickcore5-extra - 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.5
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
imagemagick - 8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.8
libmagick++4 - 8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.8
libmagickcore4 - 8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.8
libmagickcore4-extra - 8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.8

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References