[Pkg-gmagick-im-team] Bug#873871: imagemagick: CVE-2017-12875

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: imagemagick
Version: 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11
Severity: important
Tags: patch security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/659

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for imagemagick.

CVE-2017-12875[0]:
| The WritePixelCachePixels function in ImageMagick 7.0.6-6 allows
| remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) 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-2017-12875
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12875
[1] https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/659

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore