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Debian DSA-646-1 : imagemagick - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 16213

Synopsis

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

Description

Andrei Nigmatulin discovered a buffer overflow in the PSD image-decoding module of ImageMagick, a commonly used image manipulation library. Remote exploitation with a carefully crafted 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 5.4.4.5-1woody5.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-646

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 16213

File Name: debian_DSA-646.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/19/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/17/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0005

DSA: 646