Summary
The remote host is missing an update to imagemagick announced via advisory USN-784-1.
Solution
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
libmagick9 6:6.2.4.5-0.6ubuntu0.9
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
libmagick10 7:6.3.7.9.dfsg1-2ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 8.10:
libmagick10 7:6.3.7.9.dfsg1-2ubuntu3.1
Ubuntu 9.04:
libmagickcore1 7:6.4.5.4.dfsg1-1ubuntu3.1
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-784-1
Insight
It was discovered that ImageMagick did not properly verify the dimensions of TIFF files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted TIFF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-1882 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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