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Debian: DSA-2438-1 Critical: Security Flaws in ImageMagick EXIF Parsing

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Calendar Grey March 6, 2012
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ImageMagick has implemented essential security patches addressing vulnerabilities related to EXIF data handling. Users running Debian are advised to perform an upgrade.
Two security vulnerabilities related to EXIF processing were discovered in ImageMagick, a suite of programs to manipulate images: CVE-2012-0247

Summary

Two security vulnerabilities related to EXIF processing were
discovered in ImageMagick, a suite of programs to manipulate images:

CVE-2012-0247
When parsing a maliciously crafted image with incorrect offset
and count in the ResolutionUnit tag in EXIF IFD0, ImageMagick
writes two bytes to an invalid address.

CVE-2012-0248
Parsing a maliciously crafted image with an IFD whose all IOP
tags value offsets point to the beginning of the IFD itself
results in an endless loop and a denial of service.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed
in version 8:6.6.0.4-3+squeeze1.

For the testing distribution (wheezy) and the unstable distribution
(sid), these problems have been fixed in version 8:6.6.9.7-6.

We recommend that you upgrade your imagemagick packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: imagemagick
CVE ID: CVE-2012-0247 CVE-2012-0248

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