[Pkg-gmagick-im-team] Bug#917326: imagemagick: CVE-2018-20467

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: imagemagick
Version: 8:6.9.10.14+dfsg-7
Severity: important
Tags: patch security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1408

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for imagemagick.

CVE-2018-20467[0]:
| In coders/bmp.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.8-16, an input file can
| result in an infinite loop and hang, with high CPU and memory
| consumption. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to
| cause a denial of service 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-2018-20467
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20467
[1] https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1408

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore