Debian DSA-4019-1 : imagemagick - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 104403

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in imagemagick: Various memory handling problems and cases of missing or incomplete input sanitising may result in denial of service, memory disclosure or the execution of arbitrary code if malformed image files are processed.

Solution

Upgrade the imagemagick packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 104403

File Name: debian_DSA-4019.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/6/2017

Updated: 11/14/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-13139

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:imagemagick

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/7/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11446, CVE-2017-11523, CVE-2017-11533, CVE-2017-11535, CVE-2017-11537, CVE-2017-11639, CVE-2017-11640, CVE-2017-12428, CVE-2017-12431, CVE-2017-12432, CVE-2017-12434, CVE-2017-12587, CVE-2017-12640, CVE-2017-12671, CVE-2017-13139, CVE-2017-13140, CVE-2017-13141, CVE-2017-13142, CVE-2017-13143, CVE-2017-13144, CVE-2017-13145, CVE-2017-9500

DSA: 4019

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