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It was discovered that ImageMagick did not correctly handle certain
malformed XCF images. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted image with an application that uses ImageMagick, an attacker
could cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code with
the user's privileges.
It was discovered that ImageMagick did not correctly handle certain
malformed XCF images. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted image with an application that uses ImageMagick, an attacker
could cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code with
the user's privileges.
Update instructions
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any applications that use ImageMagick, such as OpenOffice.org and Inkscape, to effect 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.10 gutsy | imagemagick – 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-2ubuntu1.1 | ||
| 6.06 dapper | imagemagick – 6:6.2.4.5-0.6ubuntu0.8 | ||
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