Ubuntu Security Notice USN-523-1
3rd October, 2007
imagemagick vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 7.04
- Ubuntu 6.10
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software description
- imagemagick
Details
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in the image decoders of ImageMagick.
If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a malicious
DCM, DIB, XBM, XCF, or XWD image, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary
code with user privileges.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 7.04:
- libmagick9 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.14ubuntu0.2
- Ubuntu 6.10:
- libmagick9 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.10ubuntu0.4
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- libmagick9 6:6.2.4.5-0.6ubuntu0.7
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.