USN-481-1: ImageMagick vulnerabilities

10 July 2007

ImageMagick vulnerabilities

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Multiple vulnerabilities were found in ImageMagick's handling of DCM and
WXD image files. By tricking a user into processing a specially crafted
image with an application that uses imagemagick, an attacker could
execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 7.04
  • libmagick9 - 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.14ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 6.10
  • libmagick9 - 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.10ubuntu0.3
Ubuntu 6.06
  • libmagick9 - 6:6.2.4.5-0.6ubuntu0.6

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

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