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USN-5158-1: ImageMagick vulnerabilities

29 November 2021

Several security issues were fixed in ImageMagick.

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Releases

Packages

  • imagemagick - Image manipulation programs and library

Details

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values
when processing visual effects based image files. By tricking a user into
opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the
application causing a denial of service. (CVE-2021-20244)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values
when performing resampling operations. By tricking a user into opening
a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the application
causing a denial of service. (CVE-2021-20246)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values
when processing visual effects based image files. By tricking a user into
opening a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the
application causing a denial of service (CVE-2021-20309)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values
when processing thumbnail image data. By tricking a user into opening
a specially crafted image file, an attacker could crash the application
causing a denial of service. (CVE-2021-20312)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled memory cleanup
when performing certain cryptographic operations. Under certain conditions
sensitive cryptographic information could be disclosed. (CVE-2021-20313)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

Related notices

  • USN-5736-1: libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3, libmagickwand5, imagemagick-common, libmagickwand-6.q16-dev, imagemagick-6.q16hdri, imagemagick, libmagick++5, libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6, libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-6, imagemagick-6-doc, libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-dev, libmagickcore-6-headers, libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra, libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6-extra, libmagick++-6.q16hdri-8, libmagickcore-6.q16-6, libimage-magick-perl, libmagick++-6.q16hdri-7, libmagickcore-dev, libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra, libmagickwand-6.q16-3, libmagickcore5, libmagickcore-6-arch-config, libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3-extra, libmagick++-6.q16-5v5, libimage-magick-q16-perl, libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-dev, libmagick++-6.q16-dev, libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-3, libmagickcore-6.q16-2, libmagick++-6.q16-8, libmagickwand-6-headers, perlmagick, libmagickcore-6.q16-dev, imagemagick-6-common, libmagick++-dev, libmagickcore-6.q16-3-extra, libmagickwand-6.q16-2, libmagickwand-dev, imagemagick-doc, libimage-magick-q16hdri-perl, libmagick++-6.q16hdri-dev, libmagickcore-6.q16-3, libmagick++-6-headers, libmagickcore5-extra, libmagick++-6.q16-7, imagemagick-6.q16, libmagickwand-6.q16-6
  • USN-5736-2: imagemagick-common, libmagickwand-6.q16-dev, imagemagick-6.q16hdri, imagemagick, libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6, libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-6, imagemagick-6-doc, libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-dev, libmagickcore-6-headers, libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra, libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6-extra, libmagick++-6.q16hdri-8, libmagickcore-6.q16-6, libimage-magick-perl, libmagickcore-dev, libmagickcore-6-arch-config, libimage-magick-q16-perl, libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-dev, libmagick++-6.q16-dev, libmagick++-6.q16-8, libmagickwand-6-headers, perlmagick, libmagickcore-6.q16-dev, imagemagick-6-common, libmagick++-dev, libmagickwand-dev, imagemagick-doc, libimage-magick-q16hdri-perl, libmagick++-6.q16hdri-dev, libmagick++-6-headers, imagemagick-6.q16, libmagickwand-6.q16-6
  • USN-6200-1: libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3, imagemagick-common, libmagickwand-6.q16-dev, imagemagick-6.q16hdri, imagemagick, libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6, libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-6, imagemagick-6-doc, libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-dev, libmagickcore-6-headers, libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra, libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6-extra, libmagick++-6.q16hdri-8, libmagickcore-6.q16-6, libimage-magick-perl, libmagick++-6.q16hdri-7, libmagickcore-dev, libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra, libmagickwand-6.q16-3, libmagickcore-6-arch-config, libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3-extra, libmagick++-6.q16-5v5, libimage-magick-q16-perl, libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-dev, libmagick++-6.q16-dev, libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-3, libmagickcore-6.q16-2, libmagick++-6.q16-8, libmagickwand-6-headers, perlmagick, libmagickcore-6.q16-dev, imagemagick-6-common, libmagick++-dev, libmagickcore-6.q16-3-extra, libmagickwand-6.q16-2, libmagickwand-dev, imagemagick-doc, libimage-magick-q16hdri-perl, libmagick++-6.q16hdri-dev, libmagickcore-6.q16-3, libmagick++-6-headers, libmagick++-6.q16-7, imagemagick-6.q16, libmagickwand-6.q16-6

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