Debian DSA-1213-1 : imagemagick - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 23662

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Imagemagick, a collection of image manipulation programs, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2006-0082 Daniel Kobras discovered that Imagemagick is vulnerable to format string attacks in the filename parsing code.

- CVE-2006-4144 Damian Put discovered that Imagemagick is vulnerable to buffer overflows in the module for SGI images.

- CVE-2006-5456 M Joonas Pihlaja discovered that Imagemagick is vulnerable to buffer overflows in the module for DCM and PALM images.

- CVE-2006-5868 Daniel Kobras discovered that Imagemagick is vulnerable to buffer overflows in the module for SGI images.

This update also addresses regressions in the XCF codec, which were introduced in the previous security update.

Solution

Upgrade the imagemagick packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 6:6.0.6.2-2.8.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.11.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 23662

File Name: debian_DSA-1213.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/20/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:imagemagick, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0082, CVE-2006-4144, CVE-2006-5456, CVE-2006-5868

DSA: 1213

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