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Gentoo update for imagemagick/graphicsmagick
Secunia Advisory: SA15453
Release Date: 2005-05-23
Popularity: 5,836 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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Description:
Gentoo has issued updates for imagemagick and graphicsmagick. These fix a weakness, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA15446
SA15429

Solution:
ImageMagick:
Update to "media-gfx/imagemagick-6.2.2.3" or later.

GraphicsMagick:
Update to "media-gfx/graphicsmagick-1.1.6-r1" or later.

Original Advisory:
Gentoo:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200505-16.xml

Other References:
SA15446:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15446/

SA15429:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15429/


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