1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2132-1

USN-2132-1: ImageMagick vulnerabilities

Publication date

6 March 2014

Overview

ImageMagick could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted image file.

Releases

Packages

  • imagemagick - Image manipulation programs and library

Details

Aleksis Kauppinen, Joonas Kuorilehto and Tuomas Parttimaa discovered that
ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain restart markers in JPEG images. If
a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a
specially crafted JPEG image, an attacker could exploit this to cause
memory consumption, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-0260)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled decoding certain PSD
images. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into
opening a specially crafted PSD 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. (CVE-2014-1958, CVE-2014-2030)

Aleksis Kauppinen, Joonas Kuorilehto and Tuomas Parttimaa discovered that
ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain restart markers in JPEG images. If
a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a
specially crafted JPEG image, an attacker could exploit this to cause
memory consumption, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-0260)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled decoding certain PSD
images. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into
opening a specially crafted PSD 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. (CVE-2014-1958, CVE-2014-2030)

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
13.10 saucy libmagick++5 –  8:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu3.1
libmagickcore5 –  8:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu3.1
12.10 quantal libmagick++5 –  8:6.7.7.10-2ubuntu4.2
libmagickcore5 –  8:6.7.7.10-2ubuntu4.2
12.04 precise libmagick++4 –  8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.3
libmagickcore4 –  8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.3

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