[Pkg-gmagick-im-team] Bug#910888: imagemagick: CVE-2018-16644

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: imagemagick
Version: 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-1
Severity: grave
Tags: patch security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1269
Control: fixed -1 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u6

[adding already the fixed version for the already pending
stretch-security DSA version]

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for imagemagick.

CVE-2018-16644[0]:
| There is a missing check for length in the functions ReadDCMImage of
| coders/dcm.c and ReadPICTImage of coders/pict.c in ImageMagick
| 7.0.8-11, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
| via a crafted image.

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-2018-16644
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16644
[1] https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1269

Regards,
Salvatore