Synopsis

Important: ImageMagick security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

An update for ImageMagick is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

ImageMagick is an image display and manipulation tool for the X Window System that can read and write multiple image formats.

Security Fix(es):

• ImageMagick: Shell injection via PDF password could result in arbitrary code execution (CVE-2020-29599)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 1907456 - CVE-2020-29599 ImageMagick: Shell injection via PDF password could result in arbitrary code execution

CVEs

• CVE-2020-29599

References