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TITLE:
GraphicsMagick Insecure File Extension Processing

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30008

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30008/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
GraphicsMagick 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/3764/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in GraphicsMagick, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The security issue is caused due to the improper processing of file
extensions and can be exploited to e.g. access X11 or to invoke
certain delegate programs.

Successful exploitation requires that a user is tricked into
processing a malicious file with a specific file extension.

The security issue is reported in versions prior to 1.1.12.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.1.12 or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=595544

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