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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-372-1 November 01, 2006 imagemagick vulnerability CVE-2006-5456 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.04 Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 5.04: libmagick6 6:6.0.6.2-2.1ubuntu1.5 Ubuntu 5.10: libmagick6 6:6.2.3.4-1ubuntu1.4 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: libmagick9 6:6.2.4.5-0.6ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 6.10: libmagick9 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.10ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: M. Joonas Pihlaja discovered that ImageMagick did not sufficiently verify the validity of PALM and DCM images. When processing a specially crafted image with an application that uses imagemagick, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the application's privileges.