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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: USN-5855-1 Critical Denial Of Service In ImageMagick

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Calendar Grey February 9, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A security update has been issued for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS addressing multiple vulnerabilities in ImageMagick. This update is crucial as it mitigates a serious denial of service risk.
Several security issues were fixed in ImageMagick.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service security issue software update threat Ubuntu ImageMagick

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: imagemagick 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15 imagemagick-6.q16 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15 libmagick++-6.q16-7 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15 libmagickcore-6.q16-3 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15 libmagickcore-6.q16-3-extra 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5855-1

CVE-2022-44267, CVE-2022-44268

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February 09, 2023

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security advisory denial of service security issue software update threat Ubuntu ImageMagick

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.15

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