Ubuntu 16.10 USN-3142-2 Moderate: ImageMagick Denial Of Service Fix

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February 22, 2017

USN-3142-1 introduced a regression in ImageMagick.

Summary

USN-3142-1 introduced a regression in ImageMagick.

Software Description:

- imagemagick: Image manipulation programs and library

Details:

USN-3142-1 fixed vulnerabilities in ImageMagick. The security fixes

introduced a regression with text labels and a regression with the text

coder. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory 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.

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu imagemagick regression

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.10:
  imagemagick                     8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.3
  imagemagick-6.q16               8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.3
  libmagick++-6.q16-5v5           8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.3
  libmagickcore-6.q16-2           8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.3
  libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra     8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  imagemagick                     8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.4
  imagemagick-6.q16               8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.4
  libmagick++-6.q16-5v5           8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.4
  libmagickcore-6.q16-2           8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.4
  libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra     8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.4

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  imagemagick                     8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.4
  libmagick++5                    8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.4
  libmagickcore5                  8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.4
  libmagickcore5-extra            8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.4

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  imagemagick                     8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.7
  libmagick++4                    8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.7
  libmagickcore4                  8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.7
  libmagickcore4-extra            8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.7

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