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Debian DSA-3914-1: Critical Imagemagick Memory Handling Problems

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Calendar Grey July 18, 2017
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3890-1 addresses severe vulnerabilities in imagemagick related to memory management, input validation, and additional concerns.
This updates fixes several vulnerabilities in imagemagick: Various memory handling problems and cases of missing or incomplete input sanitising may result in denial of service, mem...
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Summary

This updates 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, SVG, PSD, PDB, DPX, MAT,
TGA, VST, CIN, DIB, MPC, EPT, JNG, DJVU, JPEG, ICO, PALM or MNG
files are processed.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed
in version 8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u10.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-12.

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-2017-9439 CVE-2017-9440 CVE-2017-9500 CVE-2017-9501

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