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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6980-1
Ubuntu Security Notice 6980-1 - It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed image files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6980-1August 22, 2024imagemagick vulnerabilities==========================================================================A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:- Ubuntu 14.04 LTSSummary:Several security issues were fixed in ImageMagick.Software Description:- imagemagick: Image manipulation programs and libraryDetails:It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformedimage files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were trickedinto opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this tocause a denial of service or possibly execute code with the privileges ofthe user invoking the program.Update instructions:The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the followingpackage versions:Ubuntu 14.04 LTS imagemagick 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm8 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagick++-dev 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm8 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagick++5 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm8 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickcore-dev 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm8 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickcore5 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm8 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickcore5-extra 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm8 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickwand-dev 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm8 Available with Ubuntu Pro libmagickwand5 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm8 Available with Ubuntu Pro perlmagick 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm8 Available with Ubuntu ProIn general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.References:https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6980-1 <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6980-1> CVE-2017-12805, CVE-2017-12806, CVE-2017-13144, CVE-2018-16412, CVE-2018-16413, CVE-2018-17966, CVE-2018-18016, CVE-2018-18024, CVE-2018-18025, CVE-2018-20467