USN-4670-1: ImageMagick vulnerabilities

Publication date

15 December 2020

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in ImageMagick.


Packages

  • imagemagick - Image manipulation programs and library

Details

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain specially
crafted 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 other unspecified impact. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.10.
(CVE-2019-19948, CVE-2019-19949)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain specially
crafted 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. (CVE-2020-27560)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain specially
crafted 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 other unspecified impact. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.10.
(CVE-2019-19948, CVE-2019-19949)

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain specially
crafted 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. (CVE-2020-27560)

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 imagemagick –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.1
imagemagick-6.q16 –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.1
imagemagick-6.q16hdri –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.1
libmagick++-6.q16-8 –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.1
libmagick++-6.q16hdri-8 –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.1
libmagickcore-6.q16-6 –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.1
libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.1
libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6 –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.1
libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6-extra –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.1
libmagickwand-6.q16-6 –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.1
libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-6 –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu13.1
20.04 focal imagemagick –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.2
imagemagick-6.q16 –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.2
imagemagick-6.q16hdri –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.2
libmagick++-6.q16-8 –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.2
libmagick++-6.q16hdri-8 –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.2
libmagickcore-6.q16-6 –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.2
libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.2
libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6 –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.2
libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-6-extra –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.2
libmagickwand-6.q16-6 –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.2
libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-6 –  8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11.2
18.04 bionic imagemagick –  8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.9
imagemagick-6.q16 –  8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.9
imagemagick-6.q16hdri –  8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.9
libmagick++-6.q16-7 –  8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.9
libmagick++-6.q16hdri-7 –  8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.9
libmagickcore-6.q16-3 –  8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.9
libmagickcore-6.q16-3-extra –  8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.9
libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3 –  8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.9
libmagickcore-6.q16hdri-3-extra –  8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.9
libmagickwand-6.q16-3 –  8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.9
libmagickwand-6.q16hdri-3 –  8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.9
16.04 xenial imagemagick –  8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16
imagemagick-6.q16 –  8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16
libmagick++-6.q16-5v5 –  8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16
libmagickcore-6.q16-2 –  8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16
libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra –  8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16
libmagickwand-6.q16-2 –  8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.16

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