[USN-7164-1] ImageMagick vulnerability

Chrisa Oikonomou chrisa.oikonomou at canonical.com
Tue Dec 17 12:15:52 UTC 2024


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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7164-1
December 17, 2024

imagemagick vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

ImageMagick could be made to crash if it received specially crafted
input.

Software Description:
- imagemagick: Image manipulation programs and library

Details:

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed
files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially
crafted file, an attacker could possibly exploit this to cause a denial of
service.


Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
   imagemagick                     8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm12
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   imagemagick-common              8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm12
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libmagick++-dev                 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm12
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libmagick++5                    8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm12
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libmagickcore-dev               8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm12
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libmagickcore5                  8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm12
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libmagickcore5-extra            8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm12
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libmagickwand-dev               8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm12
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libmagickwand5                  8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm12
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   perlmagick                      8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm12
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7164-1 
<https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7164-1>
   CVE-2021-20176, CVE-2021-20241, CVE-2021-20243
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