Debian: DSA-2750-1 Critical: ImageMagick Heap Corruption Threat
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September 3, 2013
Anton Kortunov reported a heap corruption in ImageMagick, a program collection and library for converting and manipulating image files
Summary
Anton Kortunov reported a heap corruption in ImageMagick, a program
collection and library for converting and manipulating image files.
Crafted GIF files could cause ImageMagick to crash, potentially
leading to arbitrary code execution.
The oldstable distribution (squeeze) is not affected by this problem.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 8:6.7.7.10-6.
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-2013-4298
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