Security
Security
ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick utilities can be abused to perform a Denial of Service attack.
| Package | media-gfx/imagemagick on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 6.2.2.3 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 6.2.2.3 |
| Package | media-gfx/graphicsmagick on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 1.1.6-r1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 1.1.6-r1 |
Both ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick are collection of tools to read, write and manipulate images in many formats.
Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered a Denial of Service vulnerability in the XWD decoder of ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick when setting a color mask to zero.
A remote attacker could submit a specially crafted image to a user or an automated system making use of an affected utility, resulting in a Denial of Service by consumption of CPU time.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All ImageMagick users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/imagemagick-6.2.2.3"
All GraphicsMagick users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/graphicsmagick-1.1.6-r1"