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[DSA646] DSA-646-1 imagemagick

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-646-1 imagemagick

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Andrei Nigmatulin discovered a buffer overflow in the PSD
image-decoding module of ImageMagick, a commonly used image
manipulation library. Remote exploitation with a carefully crafted
image could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 5.4.4.5-1woody5.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 6.0.6.2-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your imagemagick packages.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-646
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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