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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5456-1
June 01, 2022
imagemagick vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
Summary:
ImageMagick could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software Description:
- imagemagick: Image manipulation programs and library
Details:
It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled memory under
certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted image, an attacker could possibly exploit this issue to cause a
denial of service or other unspecified impact.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
imagemagick                     8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.13
imagemagick-6-common            8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.13
imagemagick-common              8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.13
libmagick++-6.q16-7             8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.13
libmagick++-6.q16hdri-7         8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.13
libmagickcore-6.q16-3           8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.13
libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3       8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.13
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
imagemagick                     8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm3
imagemagick-6.q16               8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm3
imagemagick-common              8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm3
libmagick++-6.q16-5v5           8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm3
libmagickcore-6.q16-2           8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16+esm3
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
imagemagick                     8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm2
imagemagick-common              8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm2
libmagick++5                    8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm2
libmagickcore5                  8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm2
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5456-1
CVE-2022-28463
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.13