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Ubuntu 16.10 USN-3131-1 Critical: ImageMagick DoS Risk Exploit

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Calendar Grey November 21, 2016
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Multiple vulnerabilities resolved in ImageMagick through Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3131-1, enhancing overall security and reliability.
Several security issues were fixed in ImageMagick.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in ImageMagick.

Software Description:

- imagemagick: Image manipulation programs and library

Details:

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed

image files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked

into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to

cause a denial of service or possibly execute code with the privileges of

the user invoking the program.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu system update ImageMagick

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.10:
  imagemagick                     8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.1
  imagemagick-6.q16               8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.1
  libmagick++-6.q16-5v5           8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.1
  libmagickcore-6.q16-2           8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.1
  libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra     8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  imagemagick                     8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2
  imagemagick-6.q16               8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2
  libmagick++-6.q16-5v5           8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2
  libmagickcore-6.q16-2           8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2
  libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra     8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  imagemagick                     8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2
  libmagick++5                    8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2
  libmagickcore5                  8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2
  libmagickcore5-extra            8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  imagemagick                     8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.5
  libmagick++4                    8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.5
  libmagickcore4                  8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.5
  libmagickcore4-extra            8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.5

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3131-1

CVE-2014-8354, CVE-2014-8355, CVE-2014-8562, CVE-2014-8716,

CVE-2014-9805, CVE-2014-9806, CVE-2014-9807, CVE-2014-9808,

CVE-2014-9809, CVE-2014-9810, CVE-2014-9811, CVE-2014-9812,

CVE-2014-9813, CVE-2014-9814, CVE-2014-9815, CVE-2014-9816,

CVE-2014-9817, CVE-2014-9818, CVE-2014-9819, CVE-2014-9820,

CVE-2014-9821, CVE-2014-9822, CVE-2014-9823, CVE-2014-9826,

CVE-2014-9828, CVE-2014-9829, CVE-2014-9830, CVE-2014-9831,

CVE-2014-9833, CVE-2014-9834, CVE-2014-9835, CVE-2014-9836,

CVE-2014-9837, CVE-2014-9838, CVE-2014-9839, CVE-2014-9840,

CVE-2014-9841, CVE-2014-9843, CVE-2014-9844, CVE-2014-9845,

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November 21, 2016

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu system update ImageMagick

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.5

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