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[DSA1260] DSA-1260-1 imagemagick

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-1260-1 imagemagick

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Vladimir Nadvornik discovered that the fix for a vulnerability in the
PALM decoder of Imagemagick, a collection of image manipulation programs,
was ineffective. To avoid confusion a new CVE ID has been assigned

the original issue was tracked as CVE-2006-5456.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 6:6.0.6.2-2.9.
For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been
fixed in version 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.14.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.14.
We recommend that you upgrade your imagemagick packages.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1260
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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

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