Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-6621-1

USN-6621-1: ImageMagick vulnerability

Publication date

1 February 2024

Overview

ImageMagick could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS 14.04 LTS

Packages

imagemagick - Image manipulation programs and library

Details

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values when
processing BMP files. An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of
service.

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
22.04 jammy	imagemagick – 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.3+esm3
	imagemagick-6.q16 – 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.3+esm3
	libmagickcore-6.q16-6 – 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.3+esm3
	libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra – 8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3ubuntu0.22.04.3+esm3
20.04 focal	imagemagick – 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.9+esm2
	imagemagick-6.q16 – 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.9+esm2
	libmagickcore-6.q16-6 – 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.9+esm2
	libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra – 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.9+esm2
18.04 bionic	imagemagick – 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm3
	libmagickcore-6.q16-3 – 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm3
	libmagickcore-6.q16-3-extra – 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15+esm3
16.04 xenial	imagemagick – 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm10
	imagemagick-6.q16 – 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm10
	libmagickcore-6.q16-2 – 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm10
	libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra – 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm10
14.04 trusty	imagemagick – 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm7
	libmagickcore5 – 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm7
	libmagickcore5-extra – 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm7

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References

CVE-2023-5341

CVE-2023-5341