GLSA 201311-10: GraphicsMagick: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	GraphicsMagick: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	11/19/2013
Bugs:	#365769, #488050
ID:	201311-10

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GraphicsMagick, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

GraphicsMagick is the Swiss army knife of image processing.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-gfx/graphicsmagick	< 1.3.18	>= 1.3.18	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GraphicsMagick. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially-crafted image file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GraphicsMagick users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/graphicsmagick-1.3.18"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201311-10.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.