1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1544-1

USN-1544-1: ImageMagick vulnerability

Publication date

22 August 2012

Overview

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

Releases

Packages

  • imagemagick - Image manipulation programs and library

Details

Tom Lane discovered that ImageMagick would not always properly allocate
memory. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into
opening a specially crafted PNG 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.

Tom Lane discovered that ImageMagick would not always properly allocate
memory. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into
opening a specially crafted PNG 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.

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
12.04 precise libmagick++4 –  8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.2
imagemagick –  8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.2
11.10 oneiric imagemagick –  8:6.6.0.4-3ubuntu1.2
libmagick++3 –  8:6.6.0.4-3ubuntu1.2
11.04 natty imagemagick –  7:6.6.2.6-1ubuntu4.2
libmagick++3 –  7:6.6.2.6-1ubuntu4.2
10.04 lucid imagemagick –  7:6.5.7.8-1ubuntu1.3
libmagick++2 –  7:6.5.7.8-1ubuntu1.3

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