1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4988-1

USN-4988-1: ImageMagick vulnerabilities

Publication date

15 June 2021

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in ImageMagick.

Releases

Packages

  • imagemagick - Image manipulation programs and library

Details

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed
image files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked
into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to
cause a denial of service or possibly execute code with the privileges of
the user invoking the program.

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed
image files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked
into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to
cause a denial of service or possibly execute code with the privileges of
the user invoking the program.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
20.10 groovy libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.3
imagemagick-6.q16 –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.3
imagemagick –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.3
libmagickcore-6.q16-6 –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.3
libmagick++-6.q16-8 –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.3
20.04 focal libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.4
imagemagick-6.q16 –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.4
imagemagick –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.4
libmagickcore-6.q16-6 –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.4
libmagick++-6.q16-8 –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.4
18.04 bionic imagemagick-6.q16 –  8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.11
libmagickcore-6.q16-3-extra –  8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.11
imagemagick –  8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.11
libmagickcore-6.q16-3 –  8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.11
libmagick++-6.q16-7 –  8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.11

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