CVE-2016-3715

It was discovered that certain ImageMagick coders and pseudo-protocols did not properly prevent security sensitive operations when processing specially crafted images. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted image that, when processed by an application using ImageMagick or an unsuspecting user using the ImageMagick utilities, would allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Details can be found under the resolve tab at https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/2296071

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7

As a workaround the /etc/ImageMagick/policy.xml file can be edited to disable processing of MVG, HTTPS, HTTP, URL, FTP, EPHEMERAL, MSL, LABEL, TEXT, SHOW, WIN and PLT commands within image files, simply add the following lines:

within the policy map stanza:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

In the following folders: /usr/lib64/ImageMagick-6.2.8/modules-Q16/coders/ (64bit package) or /usr/lib/ImageMagick-6.2.8/modules-Q16/coders/ (32bit package)

Rename the following files:

• mvg.so to mvg.so.bak
• msl.so to msl.so.bak
• label.so to label.so.bak