USN-372-1: imagemagick vulnerability

Publication date

1 November 2006

Overview

imagemagick vulnerability


Details

M. Joonas Pihlaja discovered that ImageMagick did not sufficiently
verify the validity of PALM and DCM images. When processing a
specially crafted image with an application that uses imagemagick,
this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the
application’s privileges.

M. Joonas Pihlaja discovered that ImageMagick did not sufficiently
verify the validity of PALM and DCM images. When processing a
specially crafted image with an application that uses imagemagick,
this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the
application’s privileges.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect 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
6.10 edgy libmagick9 –  7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.10ubuntu0.1
6.06 dapper libmagick9 –  6:6.2.4.5-0.6ubuntu0.3
5.10 breezy libmagick6 –  6:6.2.3.4-1ubuntu1.4
5.04 hoary libmagick6 –  6:6.0.6.2-2.1ubuntu1.5

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