Summary
The remote host is missing an update to imagemagick announced via advisory DSA 702-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20702-1
Insight
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in ImageMagick, a commonly used image manipulation library. These problems can be exploited by a carefully crafted graphic image. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2005-0397
Tavis Ormandy discovered a format string vulnerability in the filename handling code which allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.
CVE-2005-0759
Andrei Nigmatulin discovered a denial of service condition which can be caused by an invalid tag in a TIFF image.
CVE-2005-0760
Andrei Nigmatulin discovered that the TIFF decoder is vulnerable to accessing memory out of bounds which will result in a segmentation fault.
CVE-2005-0762
Andrei Nigmatulin discovered a buffer overflow in the SGI parser which allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted SGI image file.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 5.4.4.5-1woody6.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 6.0.6.2-2.2.
We recommend that you upgrade your imagemagick package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-0397, CVE-2005-0759, CVE-2005-0760, CVE-2005-0762 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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