USN-1028-1: ImageMagick vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 10.10
• Ubuntu 10.04
• Ubuntu 9.10
• Ubuntu 8.04

Packages

• imagemagick -

Details

It was discovered that ImageMagick would search for configuration files in
the current directory. If a user were tricked into opening or processing an
image in an arbitrary directory, a local attacker could execute arbitrary
code with the user's privileges.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 9.10

• imagemagick - 7:6.5.1.0-1.1ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 8.04

• imagemagick - 7:6.3.7.9.dfsg1-2ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 10.10

• imagemagick - 7:6.6.2.6-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 10.04

• imagemagick - 7:6.5.7.8-1ubuntu1.1

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

References

• CVE-2010-4167