Debian DSA-4074-1 : imagemagick - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 105489

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), these problems have been fixed in version 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u4.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/imagemagick

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/imagemagick

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4074

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 105489

File Name: debian_DSA-4074.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/29/2017

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: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/28/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12877, CVE-2017-16546, CVE-2017-17499, CVE-2017-17504, CVE-2017-17879

DSA: 4074