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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-523-1 October 03, 2007 imagemagick vulnerabilities CVE-2007-4985, CVE-2007-4986, CVE-2007-4987, CVE-2007-4988 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 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 6.06 LTS: libmagick9 6:6.2.4.5-0.6ubuntu0.7 Ubuntu 6.10: libmagick9 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.10ubuntu0.4 Ubuntu 7.04: libmagick9 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.14ubuntu0.2 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: 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.