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Gentoo GraphicsMagick Security Advisory GLSA-202407-15: Code Exec Risk

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Calendar Grey July 5, 2024
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The latest Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202407-15 addresses a series of security flaws within GraphicsMagick, posing risks to end users.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GraphicsMagick, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory update gentoo arbitrary code execution normal severity graphicsmagick

Resolution

All GraphicsMagick users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/graphicsmagick-1.3.40"

References


Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202407-15
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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: GraphicsMagick: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: July 05, 2024
Bugs: #888545, #890851
ID: 202407-15

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Topics Covered

security advisory update gentoo arbitrary code execution normal severity graphicsmagick

Synopsis

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

Background

GraphicsMagick is a collection of tools and libraries which support reading, writing, and manipulating images in many major formats.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ------------------------ ------------ ------------ media-gfx/graphicsmagick < 1.3.40 >= 1.3.40

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.