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SUSE: 2016:1301-1 Important: ImageMagick Remote Command Injection

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Calendar Grey May 13, 2016
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Essential SUSE patch for ImageMagick tackles significant vulnerabilities related to remote code execution.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for ImageMagick fixes the following issues: - bsc#978061: A vulnerability in ImageMagick's "https" module allowed users to execute arbitrary shell commands on the host performing the image conversion. The issue had the potential for remote command injection. This update mitigates the vulnerability by disabling all access to the "https" module in the "delegates.xml" config file. (CVE-2016-3714) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 5: zypper in -t patch sleclo50sp3-ImageMagick-12560=1 - SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1: zypper in -t patch slemap21-ImageMagick-12560=1 - SUSE Manager 2.1: zypper in -t patch sleman21-ImageMagick-12560=1

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References

#978061

Cross- CVE-2016-3714

Affected Products:

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 5

SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1

SUSE Manager 2.1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP2-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3714.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/978061

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1301-1
Rating: important

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