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

Hi!

According to the INSTALL document, basically any version of ImageMagick 6 should work with MediaWiki, also older ones.

However, it is not a good idea to run outdated software with known security holes. I am pretty sure that an experienced security guy will find a way to exploit one of those weaknesses by uploading a crafted "image" through MediaWiki. So: I would not consider running such an old version of ImageMagick secure, even if you personally do not know of attack vectors against it.

If I were you I would now get in touch with the Ubuntu guys and ask them what is up with this old package. I think they won't like security problems either... ;-)