Debian DSA-2898-1 : imagemagick - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 73440

Synopsis

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

Description

Several buffer overflows were found in Imagemagick, a suite of image manipulation programs. Processing malformed PSD files could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the imagemagick packages.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 8:6.6.0.4-3+squeeze4.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u3.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/imagemagick

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/imagemagick

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2898

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 73440

File Name: debian_DSA-2898.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/10/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:imagemagick, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/9/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1947, CVE-2014-1958, CVE-2014-2030

DSA: 2898