Package : imagemagick Vulnerability : insecure temporary file Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Ids : CAN-2003-0455
imagemagick's libmagick library, under certain circumstances, creates temporary files without taking appropriate security precautions. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local user to create or overwrite files with the privileges of another user who is invoking a program using this library.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4:5.4.4.5-1woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4:5.5.7-1.
We recommend that you update your imagemagick package.
Upgrade Instructions --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody --------------------------------