GLSA 200501-26: ImageMagick: PSD decoding heap overflow

http://security.gentoo.org/

Severity:	normal
Title:	ImageMagick: PSD decoding heap overflow
Date:	01/20/2005
Bugs:	#77932
ID:	200501-26

Synopsis

ImageMagick is vulnerable to a heap overflow when decoding Photoshop Document (PSD) files, which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

ImageMagick is a collection of tools to read, write and manipulate images in many formats.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-gfx/imagemagick	< 6.1.8.8	>= 6.1.8.8	All supported architectures

Description

Andrei Nigmatulin discovered that a Photoshop Document (PSD) file with more than 24 layers could trigger a heap overflow.

Impact

An attacker could potentially design a mailicous PSD image file to cause arbitrary code execution with the permissions of the user running ImageMagick.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All ImageMagick users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/imagemagick-6.1.8.8"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-26.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.