Debian DSA-593-1 : imagemagick - buffer overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15728

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A vulnerability has been reported for ImageMagick, a commonly used image manipulation library. Due to a boundary error within the EXIF parsing routine, a specially crafted graphic image could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the imagemagick packages.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 5.4.4.5-1woody4.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15728

File Name: debian_DSA-593.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/17/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:imagemagick, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0981

DSA: 593

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