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USN-6985-1: ImageMagick vulnerabilities

4 September 2024

Several security issues were fixed in ImageMagick.

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Releases

Packages

  • 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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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04

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

Related notices

  • USN-4192-1: libmagickcore-6-headers, libmagickcore-6.q16-3-extra, libmagickcore-6.q16-2, libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-3, libmagick++-6.q16hdri-dev, libmagick++-6.q16hdri-7, libmagick++-6.q16-dev, libmagickcore-6.q16-6, libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-dev, libmagickwand-6-headers, imagemagick-6-doc, libmagick++-6-headers, libmagick++-6.q16hdri-8, libmagickwand-dev, libmagick++-6.q16-5v5, libmagick++-6.q16-8, perlmagick, libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6, imagemagick-doc, libmagickcore-6-arch-config, libmagickwand-6.q16-3, libimage-magick-perl, libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3, libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-dev, libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra, libmagickcore-dev, libmagickcore-6.q16-dev, libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6-extra, imagemagick, imagemagick-6.q16, libmagickwand-6.q16-6, libmagickwand-6.q16-2, libimage-magick-q16hdri-perl, libmagickwand-6.q16-dev, libmagick++-dev, libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra, libmagickcore-6.q16-3, libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3-extra, libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-6, imagemagick-common, libimage-magick-q16-perl, libmagick++-6.q16-7, imagemagick-6-common, imagemagick-6.q16hdri
  • USN-4034-1: libmagickcore-6-headers, libmagickcore-6.q16-3-extra, libmagickcore-6.q16-2, libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-3, libmagick++-6.q16hdri-dev, libmagick++-6.q16hdri-7, libmagick++-6.q16-dev, libmagickcore-6.q16-6, libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-dev, libmagickwand-6-headers, imagemagick-6-doc, libmagick++-6-headers, libmagick++-6.q16hdri-8, libmagickwand-dev, libmagick++-6.q16-5v5, libmagick++-6.q16-8, perlmagick, libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6, imagemagick-doc, libmagickcore-6-arch-config, libmagickwand-6.q16-3, libimage-magick-perl, libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3, libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-dev, libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra, libmagickcore-dev, libmagickcore-6.q16-dev, libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6-extra, imagemagick, imagemagick-6.q16, libmagickwand-6.q16-6, libmagickwand-6.q16-2, libimage-magick-q16hdri-perl, libmagickwand-6.q16-dev, libmagick++-dev, libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra, libmagickcore-6.q16-3, libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3-extra, libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-6, imagemagick-common, libimage-magick-q16-perl, libmagick++-6.q16-7, imagemagick-6-common, imagemagick-6.q16hdri