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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: USN-6985-1 Moderate: ImageMagick DoS Exploits

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Calendar Grey September 4, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Solutions for security issues in ImageMagick as per Ubuntu USN-6985-1; includes user patching guidelines.
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 execute code with the privileges of the user

invoking the program.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
   imagemagick                     8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm9
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   imagemagick-common              8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm9
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libmagick++-dev                 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm9
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libmagick++5                    8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm9
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libmagickcore-dev               8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm9
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libmagickcore5                  8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm9
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libmagickcore5-extra            8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm9
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libmagickwand-dev               8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm9
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libmagickwand5                  8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm9
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   perlmagick                      8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm9
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6985-1

  CVE-2019-10131, CVE-2019-10650, CVE-2019-11470, CVE-2019-11472,

  CVE-2019-11597, CVE-2019-11598, CVE-2019-12974, CVE-2019-12975,

  CVE-2019-12976, CVE-2019-12978, CVE-2019-12979

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6985-1

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