Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : ImageMagick regression (USN-3363-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 102091

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

USN-3363-1 fixed vulnerabilities in ImageMagick. The update caused a regression for certain users when processing images. The problematic patch has been reverted pending further investigation.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

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.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3363-2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102091

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3363-2.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/1/2017

Updated: 10/23/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6.q16-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore5-extra, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand-6-headers, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand-6.q16-2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand-6.q16-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickwand5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:perlmagick, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:imagemagick, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:imagemagick-6.q16, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:imagemagick-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libimage-magick-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libimage-magick-q16-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-6-headers, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-6.q16-5v5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-6.q16-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6-arch-config, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagickcore-6-headers

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/31/2017

Reference Information

USN: 3363-2