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Ubuntu 16.10 Security Advisory 3232-1: ImageMagick DoS Risk

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Calendar Grey March 14, 2017
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Urgent security notice for Ubuntu ImageMagick; various vulnerabilities threaten potential DoS and may allow code execution.
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.

Update Instructions

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

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

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

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  imagemagick                     8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.9
  libmagick++4                    8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.9
  libmagickcore4                  8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.9
  libmagickcore4-extra            8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.9

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3232-1

CVE-2017-6498, CVE-2017-6499, CVE-2017-6500

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March 14, 2017

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