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Ubuntu: USN-2990-1 (CVE-2016-5118): ImageMagick vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-2990-1 (CVE-2016-5118): ImageMagick vulnerabilities

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/02/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/02/2016
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

The OpenBlob function in blob.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.24 and ImageMagick allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a | (pipe) character at the start of a filename.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-imagemagick
  • ubuntu-upgrade-imagemagick-6-q16
  • ubuntu-upgrade-imagemagick-common
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libmagick-4
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libmagick-5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libmagick-6-q16-5v5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libmagickcore-6-q16-2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libmagickcore4
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libmagickcore5

References

  • USN-2990-1
  • DLA-500-1
  • DLA-502-1
  • DSA-3591
  • DSA-3746
  • CVE-2016-5118

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