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Secunia Security Advisory 29857

Secunia Security Advisory 29857
Posted Apr 18, 2008
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for ImageMagick. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and compromise a vulnerable system.

tags | advisory, denial of service, vulnerability
systems | linux, redhat
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Secunia Security Advisory 29857

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TITLE:
Red Hat update for ImageMagick

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29857

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29857/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/48/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1306/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1044/
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium
http://secunia.com/product/1326/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for ImageMagick. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause
a DoS (Denial of Service) and compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA24721
SA26926

This also fixes an error within the processing of certain specially
crafted PCX files, which potentially can be exploited by malicious
people to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0165.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24721:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24721/

SA26926:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26926/

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About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

Subscribe:
http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/

Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/


Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

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