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[USN-2132-1] ImageMagick vulnerabilities

Posted on 06 March 2014
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2132-1
March 06, 2014

imagemagick vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

ImageMagick could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a special=
ly
crafted image file.

Software Description:
- imagemagick: Image manipulation programs and library

Details:

Aleksis Kauppinen, Joonas Kuorilehto and Tuomas Parttimaa discovered that=

ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain restart markers in JPEG images. I=
f
a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a
specially crafted JPEG image, an attacker could exploit this to cause
memory consumption, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-0260)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled decoding certain P=
SD
images. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into=

opening a specially crafted PSD image, an attacker could exploit this to
cause a denial of service or possibly execute code with the privileges of=

the user invoking the program. (CVE-2014-1958, CVE-2014-2030)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 13.10:
libmagick++5 8:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu3.1
libmagickcore5 8:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
libmagick++5 8:6.7.7.10-2ubuntu4.2
libmagickcore5 8:6.7.7.10-2ubuntu4.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libmagick++4 8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.3
libmagickcore4 8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.3

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


References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2132-1
CVE-2012-0260, CVE-2014-1958, CVE-2014-2030

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/8:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu3.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/8:6.7.7.10-2ubuntu4.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.3

 

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