7.1.1-15 Tar.gz Releases | Imagemagick
Running a custom-compiled tarball places the onus of security updates on the user. Unlike a distribution package (e.g., apt-get install imagemagick ), a source install does not receive automatic security patches. For 7.1.1-15 specifically, several CVEs were fixed in subsequent micro-releases (7.1.1-16 through 7.1.1-19). If an administrator compiled 7.1.1-15 and never updated, their system would remain vulnerable to:
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