Debian LTS: DLA-953-1: graphicsmagick security update

Date 26 May 2017

Category Debian LTS Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

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Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

Chris Evans discovered that graphicsmagick used uninitialized memory in the RLE decoder, allowing an remote attacker to leak sensitive information from process memory space.

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Package        : graphicsmagick
Version        : 1.3.16-1.1+deb7u7
CVE ID         : CVE-2017-9098
Debian Bug     : 862967

Chris Evans discovered that graphicsmagick used uninitialized memory
in the RLE decoder, allowing an remote attacker to leak sensitive
information from process memory space.

More information are available at:
https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.de/2017/05/bleed-continues-18-byte-file-14k-bounty.html

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
1.3.16-1.1+deb7u7.

We recommend that you upgrade your graphicsmagick packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS