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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : imagemagick vulnerabilities (USN-1435-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 58964
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
Joonas Kuorilehto and Aleksis Kauppinen discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain ResolutionUnit tags. 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. (CVE-2012-0247, CVE-2012-1185)Joonas Kuorilehto and Aleksis Kauppinen discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain IFD structures. 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-2012-0248, CVE-2012-1186)
Aleksis Kauppinen, Joonas Kuorilehto and Tuomas Parttimaa discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain JPEG EXIF tags. 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-2012-0259)
It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain JPEG EXIF tags. 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. (CVE-2012-1610)
Aleksis Kauppinen, Joonas Kuorilehto and Tuomas Parttimaa discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain TIFF EXIF tags. 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. (CVE-2012-1798).
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Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 58964
File Name: ubuntu_USN-1435-1.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 5/2/2012
Updated: 9/19/2019
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:imagemagick, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmagick%2b%2b4, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-0247, CVE-2012-0248, CVE-2012-0259, CVE-2012-1185, CVE-2012-1186, CVE-2012-1610, CVE-2012-1798
USN: 1435-1