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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-11
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Severity: Normal
Title: ImageMagick: Filename handling vulnerability
Date: March 06, 2005
Bugs: #83542
ID: 200503-11
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Synopsis
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A format string vulnerability exists in ImageMagick that may allow an
attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Background
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ImageMagick is a collection of tools and libraries for manipulating a
wide variety of image formats.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-gfx/imagemagick < 6.2.0.4 >= 6.2.0.4
Description
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Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team has identified a
flaw in the handling of filenames by the ImageMagick utilities.
Impact
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Successful exploitation may disrupt web applications that depend on
ImageMagick for image processing, potentially executing arbitrary code.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All ImageMagick users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/imagemagick-6.2.0.4"
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-11.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security (at) gentoo (dot) org [email concealed] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
=======
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The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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