Security update for ImageMagick

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(Last modified: 06SEP2006)

solutions Security update for ImageMagick SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (9572451219715989842a945aed31ae16)

Applies to

Package: ImageMagick
ImageMagick-Magick++
ImageMagick-devel
perl-PerlMagick
Product(s): SUSE SLED 10 for x86
SUSE SLED 10 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
SLE SDK 10 for x86
SLE SDK 10 for IPF
SLE SDK 10 for IBM iSeries and IBM pSeries
SLE SDK 10 for IBM zSeries
SLE SDK 10 for X86-64
SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0
SuSE Linux School Server for i386
SuSE Linux Standard Server 8
Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86
Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86_64
SLES SDK 9 for x86
SLES SDK 9 for IPF
SLES SDK 9 for IBM iSeries and IBM pSeries
SLES SDK 9 for IBM S/390 and IBM zSeries
SLES SDK 9 for IBM zSeries
SLES SDK 9 for X86-64
SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4
Patch: patch-11205
Release: 20060906
Obsoletes: 0ef4cc971b1fea8a1052e4a15983749e
1490ed18ddb279674a13c8504396e7ca

Indications

Everyone should install this update.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

Several security problems have been found in ImageMagick:

CVE-2006-3744: Several heap buffer overflow were found in the Sun Bitmap decoder of ImageMagick by an audit by the Google Security Team. This problem could be exploited by an attacker to execute code.
CVE-2006-3743: Multiple buffer overflows were found in the XCF plugin due to incorrect bounds checking by the Google Security Team. This problem could be exploited by an attacker to execute code.
CVE-2006-4144: An integer overflow in the ReadSGIImage function can be used by attackers to potentially execute code.
An infinite loop in ImageMagick caused by TransformHSB was fixed.
An infinite loop in handling of TIFF images was fixed.

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

This update is provided as RPM packages that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:
rpm -Uvh ImageMagick.rpm ImageMagick-Magick++.rpm ImageMagick-devel.rpm perl-PerlMagick.rpm

links to download packages

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