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Gentoo GLSA-201611-21: ImageMagick Critical Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey December 1, 2016
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several flaws found in ImageMagick could enable remote adversaries to run malicious code or trigger Denial of Service.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ImageMagick, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ImageMagick. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo software update remote code execution DoS attack arbitrary code image processing

Resolution

All ImageMagick users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/imagemagick-6.9.6.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-3714 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3714 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-3715 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3715 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-3716 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3716 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-3717 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3717 [ 5 ] CVE-2016-3718 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3718 [ 6 ] CVE-2016-5010 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5010 [ 7 ] CVE-2016-5842 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5842 [ 8 ] CVE-2016-6491 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-6491 [ 9 ] CVE-2016-7799 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7799 [ 10 ] CVE-2016-7906 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7906

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-21
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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.

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Severity: Normal
Title: ImageMagick: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: November 30, 2016
Bugs: #581990, #593526, #593530, #593532, #595200, #596002, #596004
ID: 201611-21

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo software update remote code execution DoS attack arbitrary code image processing

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ImageMagick, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

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

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-gfx/imagemagick < 6.9.6.2 >= 6.9.6.2

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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