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Imagemagick Filename Handling Format String Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14466
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Release Date:
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2005-03-04
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Popularity:
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10,801 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | ImageMagick 6.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-0397
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Description:
Tavis Ormandy has reported a vulnerability in ImageMagick, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error within the handling of filenames and can be exploited by passing a specially crafted filename containing format specifiers.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running ImageMagick.
Solution:
Update to version 6.2.0-3 or later.
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/downloads.php
Provided and/or discovered by:
Tavis Ormandy
Original Advisory:
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-90-1
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