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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: USN-4549-1 Critical: ImageMagick DOS Risk

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Calendar Grey September 28, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4550-2 concerns vulnerabilities in the OpenSSL library that may cause security risks.
ImageMagick could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

ImageMagick could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted

file.

Software Description:

- imagemagick: Image manipulation programs and library

Details:

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain specially

crafted 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 other unspecified impact.

(CVE-2019-19948, CVE-2019-19949)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service ubuntu imagemagick impact report

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  imagemagick                     8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.1
  imagemagick-6.q16               8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.1
  libmagick++-6.q16-8             8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.1
  libmagickcore-6.q16-6           8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4549-1

CVE-2019-19948, CVE-2019-19949

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September 28, 2020

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security advisory denial of service ubuntu imagemagick impact report

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.1

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