Arch Linux: 201501-1 High Severity: Imagemagick DoS and Code Execution

The package imagemagick before version 6.9.0.3-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues, including denial of service and arbitrary code execution.

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201501-1
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Severity: High
Date    : 2015-01-07
CVE-ID  :
Package : imagemagick
Type    : multiple issues
Remote  : No
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE-2014

Summary
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The package imagemagick before version 6.9.0.3-1 is vulnerable to
multiple issues, including denial of service and arbitrary code execution.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 6.9.0.3-1.

# pacman -Syu "imagemagick>=6.9.0.3-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 6.9.0.3.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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Numerous vulnerabilities, including but not limited to buffer overflow,
out-of-bound read, double-free and user-after-free have been fixed in
imagemagick 6.9.0.2 and 6.9.0.3.

Impact
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An attacker allowed to supply a specially crafted image to imagemagick
will be able to crash the process and execute arbitrary code.

References
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https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/24/1