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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.843066
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3142-2)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'imagemagick' package(s) announced via the USN-3142-2 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'imagemagick' package(s) announced via the USN-3142-2 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
USN-3142-1 fixed vulnerabilities in ImageMagick. The security fixes
introduced a regression with text labels and a regression with the text
coder. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed
image files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked
into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to
cause a denial of service or possibly execute code with the privileges of
the user invoking the program.

Affected Software/OS:
'imagemagick' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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