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USN-5335-1: ImageMagick vulnerabilities

18 March 2022

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 XPM image data or large images. If a user or automated
system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted
image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or
possibly execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2020-19667, CVE-2017-13144)

Suhwan Song discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled memory
when processing PNG,PALM,MIFF image data. If a user or automated system
using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image,
an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or possibly
execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2020-25664, CVE-2020-25665, CVE-2020-25674, CVE-2020-27753)

Suhwan Song discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values
when processing image data. If a user or automated system using
ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an
attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2020-25676, CVE-2020-27750, CVE-2020-27760, CVE-2020-27762,
CVE-2020-27766, CVE-2020-27770)

Zhang Xiaohui discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain values
when processing image data. If a user or automated system using
ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an
attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2021-20176, CVE-2021-20241, CVE-2021-20243)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04

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

References

Related notices

  • USN-3681-1: libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3, libmagickwand5, imagemagick-common, libmagickwand-6.q16-dev, imagemagick-6.q16hdri, imagemagick, libmagick++5, imagemagick-6-doc, libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-dev, libmagickcore-6-headers, 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, 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
  • USN-6980-1: perlmagick, libmagickwand5, imagemagick-common, imagemagick, libmagick++-dev, libmagick++5, libmagickcore-dev, libmagickwand-dev, imagemagick-doc, libmagickcore5-extra, libmagickcore5
  • 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
  • USN-7068-1: libmagickwand5, imagemagick-common, libmagickwand-6.q16-dev, imagemagick, libmagick++5, libmagickcore-6-headers, libimage-magick-perl, libmagickcore-dev, libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra, libmagickcore5, libmagickcore-6-arch-config, libmagick++-6.q16-5v5, libimage-magick-q16-perl, libmagick++-6.q16-dev, libmagickcore-6.q16-2, libmagickwand-6-headers, perlmagick, libmagickcore-6.q16-dev, libmagick++-dev, libmagickwand-6.q16-2, libmagickwand-dev, imagemagick-doc, libmagick++-6-headers, libmagickcore5-extra, imagemagick-6.q16
  • USN-4988-1: 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, libmagickwand-6.q16-3, libmagickcore-6-arch-config, libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3-extra, libimage-magick-q16-perl, libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-dev, libmagick++-6.q16-dev, libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-3, libmagick++-6.q16-8, libmagickwand-6-headers, perlmagick, libmagickcore-6.q16-dev, imagemagick-6-common, libmagick++-dev, libmagickcore-6.q16-3-extra, 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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