A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - ImageMagick: Format string vulnerability. Here the announcement:
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200602-06
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: ImageMagick: Format string vulnerability
Date: February 13, 2006
Bugs: #83542
ID: 200602-06
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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in ImageMagick allows attackers to crash the
application and potentially execute arbitrary code.
Background
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ImageMagick is an application suite to manipulate and convert images.
It is often used as a utility backend by web applications like forums,
content management systems or picture galleries.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-gfx/imagemagick < 6.2.5.5 >= 6.2.5.5
Description
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The SetImageInfo function was found vulnerable to a format string
mishandling. Daniel Kobras discovered that the handling of "%"-escaped
sequences in filenames passed to the function is inadequate. This is a
new vulnerability that is not addressed by GLSA 200503-11.
Impact
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By feeding specially crafted file names to ImageMagick, an attacker can
crash the program and possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user running ImageMagick.
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-6.2.5.5"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-0082
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0082
[ 2 ] GLSA 200503-11
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-11.xml
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-200602-06.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@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
