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Gentoo: 201706-06 Normal: ImageWorsener Denial Of Service Issues

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Numerous security flaws identified in ImageMagick may lead to potential remote denial of service incidents. It is recommended to update to version 1.3.2 or newer.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ImageWorsener, the worst of which allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition or have other unspecified impact

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue update gentoo normal severity imageworsener

Resolution

All ImageWorsener users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/imageworsener-1.3.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-7452 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7452 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-7453 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7453 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-7454 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7454 [ 4 ] CVE-2017-7939 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7939 [ 5 ] CVE-2017-7940 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7940 [ 6 ] CVE-2017-7962 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-7962 [ 7 ] CVE-2017-8325 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8325 [ 8 ] CVE-2017-8326 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8326 [ 9 ] CVE-2017-8327 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-8327

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-06
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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: ImageWorsener: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 06, 2017
Bugs: #618014
ID: 201706-06

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue update gentoo normal severity imageworsener

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ImageWorsener, the worst of which allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition or have other unspecified impact.

Background

ImageWorsener is a cross-platform command-line utility and library for image scaling and other image processing.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-gfx/imageworsener < 1.3.1 >= 1.3.1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted image file using ImageWorsener, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition or have other unspecified impacts.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.