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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS USN-4988-1 Moderate: ImageMagick DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey June 15, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Numerous vulnerabilities in ImageMagick addressed through recent Ubuntu patches. Discover the updates and methods to enhance your system's security.
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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security fix Ubuntu update instructions attack vector ImageMagick

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.10:
  imagemagick                     8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.3
  imagemagick-6.q16               8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.3
  libmagick++-6.q16-8             8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.3
  libmagickcore-6.q16-6           8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.3
  libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra     8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.3

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  imagemagick                     8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.4
  imagemagick-6.q16               8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.4
  libmagick++-6.q16-8             8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.4
  libmagickcore-6.q16-6           8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.4
  libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra     8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.4

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  imagemagick                     8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.11
  imagemagick-6.q16               8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.11
  libmagick++-6.q16-7             8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.11
  libmagickcore-6.q16-3           8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.11
  libmagickcore-6.q16-3-extra     8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.11

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4988-1

CVE-2017-14528, CVE-2020-19667, CVE-2020-25665, CVE-2020-25666,

CVE-2020-25674, CVE-2020-25675, CVE-2020-25676, CVE-2020-27750,

CVE-2020-27751, CVE-2020-27753, CVE-2020-27754, CVE-2020-27755,

CVE-2020-27756, CVE-2020-27757, CVE-2020-27758, CVE-2020-27759,

CVE-2020-27760, CVE-2020-27761, CVE-2020-27762, CVE-2020-27763,

CVE-2020-27764, CVE-2020-27765, CVE-2020-27766, CVE-2020-27767,

CVE-2020-27768, CVE-2020-27769, CVE-2020-27770, CVE-2020-27771,

CVE-2020-27772, CVE-2020-27773, CVE-2020-27774, CVE-2020-27775,

CVE-2020-27776, CVE-2021-20176

June 15, 2021

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security fix Ubuntu update instructions attack vector ImageMagick

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.11

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