[Bug 1589580] Re: Security improvements to TEXT coder broke it

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This bug was fixed in the package imagemagick - 8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.7

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imagemagick (8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.7) precise-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY REGRESSION: test label regression (LP: #1646485)
    - debian/patches/0161-Do-not-ignore-SetImageBias-bias-value.patch:
      updated to fix bad backport.
    - debian/patches/0162-Suspend-exception-processing-if-there-are-too-many-e.patch:
      updated to apply cleanly.
  * SECURITY REGRESSION: text coder issue (LP: #1589580)
    - debian/patches/fix_text_coder.patch: add extra check to coders/mvg.c,
      fix logic in coders/txt.c.

 -- Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers at ubuntu.com>  Wed, 22 Feb 2017
10:08:13 -0500

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Title:
  Security improvements to TEXT coder broke it

Status in imagemagick package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in imagemagick source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in imagemagick source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in imagemagick source package in Xenial:
  Fix Released
Status in imagemagick source package in Yakkety:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  In ubuntu 16.04 (xenial):

  $ convert test.txt test.pdf
  convert: improper image header `test.txt' @ error/txt.c/ReadTXTImage/433.
  convert: no images defined `test.pdf' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3210.

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  Release:	16.04

  $ apt-cache policy imagemagick
  imagemagick:
    Installed: 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.1
    Candidate: 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.1
    Version table:
   *** 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.1 500
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
          500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5 500
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages

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