[Pkg-gmagick-im-team] Bug#886584: imagemagick: CVE-2017-17914

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: imagemagick
Version: 8:6.8.9.9-5
Severity: important
Tags: patch security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/908

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for imagemagick.

CVE-2017-17914[0]:
| In ImageMagick 7.0.7-16 Q16, a vulnerability was found in the function
| ReadOnePNGImage in coders/png.c, which allows attackers to cause a
| denial of service (ReadOneMNGImage large loop) via a crafted mng image
| 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-2017-17914
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17914
[1] https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/908

Regards,
Salvatore