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Debian: DSA-2898-1 Critical: Imagemagick Buffer Overflow Risk

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Calendar Grey April 9, 2014
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Ubuntu security patch resolves heap overflows in GraphicsMagick enabling unauthorized execution of code. Update strongly advised.
Several buffer overflows were found in Imagemagick, a suite of image manipulation programs
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Summary

Several buffer overflows were found in Imagemagick, a suite of image
manipulation programs. Processing malformed PSD files could lead to the
execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed
in version 8:6.6.0.4-3+squeeze4.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u3.

For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 8:6.7.7.10+dfsg-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 8:6.7.7.10+dfsg-1.

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-2014-1947 CVE-2014-1958 CVE-2014-2030

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