SUSE: 2016:1260-1 Important: ImageMagick Remote Code Execution Threat
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May 7, 2016
An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available
Summary
This update for ImageMagick fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - Several coders were vulnerable to remote code execution attacks, these coders have now been disabled by default but can be re-enabled by editing "/etc/ImageMagick-*/policy.xml" (bsc#978061) - CVE-2016-3714: Insufficient shell characters filtering leads to (potentially remote) code execution - CVE-2016-3715: Possible file deletion by using ImageMagick's 'ephemeral' pseudo protocol which deletes files after reading. - CVE-2016-3716: Possible file moving by using ImageMagick's 'msl' pseudo protocol with any extension in any folder. - CVE-2016-3717: Possible local file read by using ImageMagick's 'label' pseudo protocol to get content of the files from the server.
References
#978061
Cross- CVE-2016-3714 CVE-2016-3715 CVE-2016-3716
CVE-2016-3717 CVE-2016-3718
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3714.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3715.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3716.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3717.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3718.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/978061
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1260-1
Rating: important
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