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From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200611-19 ] ImageMagick: PALM and DCM buffer overflows
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:49:32
Message-Id: 200611242030.46440.jaervosz@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200611-19
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: ImageMagick: PALM and DCM buffer overflows
9 Date: November 24, 2006
10 Bugs: #152672
11 ID: 200611-19
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15 Synopsis
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18 ImageMagick improperly handles PALM and DCM images, potentially
19 resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 ImageMagick is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap
25 images, that can also read, write, and convert images in many other
26 formats.
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28 Affected packages
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 media-gfx/imagemagick < 6.3.0.5 >= 6.3.0.5
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36 Description
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39 M. Joonas Pihlaja has reported that a boundary error exists within the
40 ReadDCMImage() function of coders/dcm.c, causing the improper handling
41 of DCM images. Pihlaja also reported that there are several boundary
42 errors in the ReadPALMImage() function of coders/palm.c, similarly
43 causing the improper handling of PALM images.
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45 Impact
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48 An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted DCM or PALM
49 image with ImageMagick, and possibly execute arbitrary code with the
50 privileges of the user running ImageMagick.
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52 Workaround
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55 There is no known workaround at this time.
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57 Resolution
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60 All ImageMagick users should upgrade to the latest version:
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62 # emerge --sync
63 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/imagemagick-6.3.0.5"
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65 References
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68 [ 1 ] CVE-2006-5456
69 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5456
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71 Availability
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74 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
75 the Gentoo Security Website:
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77 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-19.xml
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79 Concerns?
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82 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
83 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
84 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
85 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
86 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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88 License
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91 Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
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94 The contents of this document are licensed under the
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