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ImageMagick EXIF Parser Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA12995
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Release Date:
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2004-10-27
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Critical:
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Highly 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-2004-0981 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in ImageMagick, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the EXIF parsing routine. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a malicious image file containing specially crafted EXIF information.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
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Solution:
Update to version 6.1.2 or later.
http://www.imagemagick.org/www/download.html
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Original Advisory:
http://www.imagemagick.org/www/Changelog.html
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