Ubuntu Security Notice USN-372-1
1st November, 2006
imagemagick vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 6.10
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Ubuntu 5.10
- Ubuntu 5.04
Details
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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 6.10:
- libmagick9 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.10ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- libmagick9 6:6.2.4.5-0.6ubuntu0.3
- Ubuntu 5.10:
- libmagick6 6:6.2.3.4-1ubuntu1.4
- Ubuntu 5.04:
- libmagick6 6:6.0.6.2-2.1ubuntu1.5
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.