Debian DSA-3547-1 : imagemagick - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 90454

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Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Imagemagick, a program suite for image manipulation. This update fixes a large number of potential security problems such as NULL pointer access and buffer-overflows that might lead to memory leaks or denial of service.
None of these security problems have a CVE number assigned.

Solution

Upgrade the imagemagick packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u4.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem was already fixed in version 8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u1, in the last point release.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 90454

File Name: debian_DSA-3547.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/13/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:imagemagick, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2016

Reference Information

DSA: 3547

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