[Pkg-gmagick-im-team] Bug#910889: imagemagick: CVE-2018-16645

[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/1268
Control: fixed -1 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-11+deb9u6

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

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for imagemagick.

CVE-2018-16645[0]:
| There is an excessive memory allocation issue in the functions
| ReadBMPImage of coders/bmp.c and ReadDIBImage of coders/dib.c in
| ImageMagick 7.0.8-11, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial
| of service via a crafted 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-2018-16645
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16645
[1] https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1268

Regards,
Salvatore