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Gentoo: GLSA-201405-09 Normal: ImageMagick Arbitrary Code Execution Risk

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The security flaws within ImageMagick detailed in Gentoo GLSA 201405-09 pose significant threats if not remediated swiftly.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ImageMagick, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ImageMagick. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Note that CVE-2012-1185 and CVE-2012-1186 were issued due to incomplete fixes for CVE-2012-0247 and CVE-2012-0248, respectively. The earlier CVEs were addressed in GLSA 201203-09.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo arbitrary code execution Denial of Service ImageMagick Normal severity

Resolution

All ImageMagick users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/imagemagick-6.8.8.10"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-1185 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1185 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-1186 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1186 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-4298 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4298 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-1947 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1947 [ 5 ] CVE-2014-2030 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2030

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201405-09
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: ImageMagick: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 17, 2014
Bugs: #409431, #483032, #500988, #506562
ID: 201405-09

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo arbitrary code execution Denial of Service ImageMagick Normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ImageMagick, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

ImageMagick is a collection of tools and libraries for manipulating various image formats.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-gfx/imagemagick < 6.8.8.10 >= 6.8.8.10

Impact

===== A remote attacker can utilize multiple vectors to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.