Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201903-15
=========================================
Severity: Critical
Date    : 2019-03-28
CVE-ID  : CVE-2019-9956
Package : imagemagick
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-931

Summary
======
The package imagemagick before version 7.0.8.35-1 is vulnerable to
arbitrary code execution.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 7.0.8.35-1.

# pacman -Syu "imagemagick>=7.0.8.35-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 7.0.8.35.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
A stack-based buffer overflow has been found in ImageMagick before
7.0.8-35, in the WritePSImage() function.

Impact
=====
An attacker can execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.

References
=========
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1523
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/34a6a5a45e83a4af852090b4e43f168a380df979
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-9956

ArchLinux: 201903-15: imagemagick: arbitrary code execution

March 28, 2019

Summary

A stack-based buffer overflow has been found in ImageMagick before 7.0.8-35, in the WritePSImage() function.

Resolution

Upgrade to 7.0.8.35-1. # pacman -Syu "imagemagick>=7.0.8.35-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 7.0.8.35.

References

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1523 https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/34a6a5a45e83a4af852090b4e43f168a380df979 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-9956

Severity
Package : imagemagick
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-931

Workaround

None.

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