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Gentoo: GLSA-202310-11 Critical Alert for ImageMagick DoS Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey February 17, 2017
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Multiple vulnerabilities in ImageMagick could allow remote code execution. Users must update to secure systems.
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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security advisory Gentoo remote code execution ImageMagick Denial Of Service

Resolution

All ImageMagick users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/imagemagick-6.9.7.4"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-10144 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10144 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-10145 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10145 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-10146 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10146 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-9298 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9298 [ 5 ] CVE-2017-5506 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5506 [ 6 ] CVE-2017-5507 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5507 [ 7 ] CVE-2017-5508 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5508 [ 8 ] CVE-2017-5509 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5509 [ 9 ] CVE-2017-5510 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5510 [ 10 ] CVE-2017-5511 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5511

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-09
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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.

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Severity: Normal
Title: ImageMagick: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 17, 2017
Bugs: #599744, #606654
ID: 201702-09

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo remote code execution ImageMagick Denial Of Service

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 < 6.9.7.4 >= 6.9.7.4

Impact

===== A remote attacker, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted image file, could 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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