Important: ImageMagick

Issue Overview:

A flaw was found in ImageMagick. The -authenticate option is mishandled allowing user-controlled password set for a PDF file to possibly inject additional shell commands via coders/pdf.c. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. (CVE-2020-29599)

Affected Packages:

ImageMagick

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update ImageMagick to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    ImageMagick-6.9.10.68-5.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    ImageMagick-devel-6.9.10.68-5.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    ImageMagick-doc-6.9.10.68-5.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    ImageMagick-perl-6.9.10.68-5.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    ImageMagick-c++-6.9.10.68-5.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    ImageMagick-c++-devel-6.9.10.68-5.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    ImageMagick-debuginfo-6.9.10.68-5.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    ImageMagick-6.9.10.68-5.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    ImageMagick-devel-6.9.10.68-5.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    ImageMagick-doc-6.9.10.68-5.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    ImageMagick-perl-6.9.10.68-5.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    ImageMagick-c++-6.9.10.68-5.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    ImageMagick-c++-devel-6.9.10.68-5.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    ImageMagick-debuginfo-6.9.10.68-5.amzn2.0.1.i686  
  
src:  
    ImageMagick-6.9.10.68-5.amzn2.0.1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    ImageMagick-6.9.10.68-5.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    ImageMagick-devel-6.9.10.68-5.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    ImageMagick-doc-6.9.10.68-5.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    ImageMagick-perl-6.9.10.68-5.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    ImageMagick-c++-6.9.10.68-5.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    ImageMagick-c++-devel-6.9.10.68-5.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    ImageMagick-debuginfo-6.9.10.68-5.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2020-29599

Mitre: CVE-2020-29599