1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-340-1

USN-340-1: imagemagick vulnerabilities

Publication date

6 September 2006

Overview

imagemagick vulnerabilities

Releases

Details

Tavis Ormandy discovered several buffer overflows in imagemagick’s Sun
Raster and XCF (Gimp) image decoders. By tricking a user or automated
system into processing a specially crafted image, this could be
exploited to execute arbitrary code with the users’ privileges.

Tavis Ormandy discovered several buffer overflows in imagemagick’s Sun
Raster and XCF (Gimp) image decoders. By tricking a user or automated
system into processing a specially crafted image, this could be
exploited to execute arbitrary code with the users’ 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
6.06 dapper libmagick9 –  6:6.2.4.5-0.6ubuntu0.2
5.10 breezy libmagick6 –  6:6.2.3.4-1ubuntu1.3
5.04 hoary libmagick6 –  6:6.0.6.2-2.1ubuntu1.4

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