[Secure-testing-team] Bug#863833: imagemagick: CVE-2017-9261: Memory leak in the ReadMNGImage function

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: imagemagick
Version: 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-9
Severity: normal
Tags: security patch upstream fixed-upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/476

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for imagemagick.

CVE-2017-9261[0]:
| In ImageMagick 7.0.5-6 Q16, the ReadMNGImage function in coders/png.c
| allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a
| crafted 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-2017-9261
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9261
[1] https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/476

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore