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[DSA1213] DSA-1213-1 imagemagick

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-1213-1 imagemagick

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Imagemagick,
a collection of image manipulation programs, which may lead to the
execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
project identifies the following problems:
Daniel Kobras discovered that Imagemagick is vulnerable to format
string attacks in the filename parsing code.
Damian Put discovered that Imagemagick is vulnerable to buffer
overflows in the module for SGI images.
M Joonas Pihlaja discovered that Imagemagick is vulnerable to buffer
overflows in the module for DCM and PALM images.
Daniel Kobras discovered that Imagemagick is vulnerable to buffer
overflows in the module for SGI images.
This update also addresses regressions in the XCF codec, which were
introduced in the previous security update.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 6:6.0.6.2-2.8.
For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) these problems have been
fixed in version 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.11.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.11.
We recommend that you upgrade your imagemagick packages.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1213
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2007 Michel Arboi

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