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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: USN-5158-1 Moderate: ImageMagick DoS Issues

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Calendar Grey November 30, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Updates for various ImageMagick security flaws on Ubuntu have been released, targeting issues related to potential service disruptions and unauthorized information exposure.
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 values

when processing visual effects based image files. By tricking a user into

opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the

application causing a denial of service. (CVE-2021-20244)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values

when performing resampling operations. By tricking a user into opening

a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the application

causing a denial of service. (CVE-2021-20246)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values

when processing visual effects based image files. By tricking a user into

opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the

application causing a denial of service (CVE-2021-20309)

It was discovered that ImageMag...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu memory disclosure imagemagick

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
libmagick++-6.q16-7 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.12

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
libmagick++-6.q16-5v5 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm1

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
libmagick++5 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5158-1

CVE-2021-20244, CVE-2021-20246, CVE-2021-20309, CVE-2021-20312,

CVE-2021-20313

November 29, 2021

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu memory disclosure imagemagick

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.12

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