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Debian 8: DSA-3863-1 Moderate: Imagemagick Memory Flaws and DoS

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Calendar Grey May 25, 2017
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A security bulletin detailing several vulnerabilities within ImageMagick, focusing on defects in memory management and the necessity for input validation.
This update fixes several vulnerabilities in imagemagick: Various memory handling problems and cases of missing or incomplete input sanitising may result in denial of service, memo...

Summary

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in imagemagick: Various memory
handling problems and cases of missing or incomplete input sanitising
may result in denial of service, memory disclosure or the execution of
arbitrary code if malformed RLE, ART, JNG, DDS, BMP, ICO, EPT, SUN, MTV,
PICT, XWD, PCD, SFW, MAT, EXR, DCM, MNG, PCX or SVG files are processed.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u9.

For the upcoming stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been
fixed in version 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-8.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-8.

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: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: imagemagick
CVE ID: CVE-2017-7606 CVE-2017-7619 CVE-2017-7941 CVE-2017-7943

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