[Pkg-gmagick-im-team] Bug#873134: imagemagick: CVE-2017-12983

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: imagemagick
Version: 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11
Severity: important
Tags: security patch upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/682

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for imagemagick.

CVE-2017-12983[0]:
| Heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadSFWImage function in coders/sfw.c
| in ImageMagick 7.0.6-8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
| service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact
| via a crafted file.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12983
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12983
[1] https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/682

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore