Thread:Project:Support desk/ImageMagick version requirement or recommendation?

The Ubuntu 12.04 repository has ImageMagick 6.6.9-7, an update from May, 2011. Viewing the ImageMagick changelog shows that there have been quite a few updates since then, some of them security updates that may or may not apply to usage in MediaWiki.

However, installing ImageMagick through source is a bit more involved than using the Ubuntu repository.

Does anyone know if the security fixes apply to MediaWiki or new features added to ImageMagick since 6.6.9-7 are being used by MediaWiki?