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Debian: DSA-2755-1 Moderate: Imagick Vulnerability Mitigation

It was discovered that exactimage, a fast image processing library, does not correctly handle error conditions of the embedded copy of dcraw. This could result in a crash or other behaviour in an application using the library due to an uninitialized variable being . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2754-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Raphael Geissert September 10, 2013 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : exactimage Vulnerability : denial of service Problem type : local (remote) Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2013-1441 It was discovered that exactimage, a fast image processing library, does not correctly handle error conditions of the embedded copy of dcraw. This could result in a crash or other behaviour in an application using the library due to an uninitialized variable being passed to longjmp. This is a different issue than CVE-2013-1438/DSA-2748-1. For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.1-3+deb6u3. For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.5-5+deb7u3. For the testing distribution (jessie) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.9-2. We recommend that you upgrade your exactimage packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: http://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Patch addresses security vulnerability in the image processing library that poses a denial of service threat to users operating Debian systems. Immediate update advised.. exactimage,Denial Of Service,Debian Advisory,Image Processing. . LinuxSecurity.comTeam

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Debian: DSA-2748-1 Moderate: Exactimage Denial Of Service Advisory

Several denial-of-service vulnerabilities were discovered in the dcraw code base, a program for procesing raw format images from digital cameras. This update corrects them in the copy that is embedded in the exactimage package. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2748-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Florian Weimer September 01, 2013 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : exactimage Vulnerability : denial of service Problem type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2013-1438 Debian Bug : 721236 Several denial-of-service vulnerabilities were discovered in the dcraw code base, a program for procesing raw format images from digital cameras. This update corrects them in the copy that is embedded in the exactimage package. For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.1-3+deb6u2. For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.5-5+deb7u2. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.9-1. We recommend that you upgrade your exactimage packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: http://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . A few vulnerabilities related to denial-of-service were addressed in the dcraw library within the exactimage module to improve overall protection.. Denial Of Service Fix, Exactimage Update, Debian Security Update. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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