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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: USN-4549-1 Critical: ImageMagick DOS Risk

ImageMagick could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.. =========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4549-1 September 28, 2020 imagemagick vulnerabilities ========================================================================= A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: ImageMagick could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description: - imagemagick: Image manipulation programs and library Details: It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain specially crafted 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 other unspecified impact. (CVE-2019-19948, CVE-2019-19949) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: imagemagick 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.1 imagemagick-6.q16 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.1 libmagick++-6.q16-8 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.1 libmagickcore-6.q16-6 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4549-1 CVE-2019-19948, CVE-2019-19949 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.1 . Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4550-2 concerns vulnerabilities in the OpenSSL library that may cause security risks.. ImageMagick Security, Ubuntu Updates, Denial of Service Exploit. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Sep 28, 2020 •Critical Ubuntu