[ GLSA 200708-05 ] GD: Multiple vulnerabilities

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  Severity: Normal
     Title: GD: Multiple vulnerabilities
      Date: August 09, 2007
      Bugs: #179154
        ID: 200708-05

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GD, allowing for the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

GD is a graphic library for fast image creation.

Affected packages

     Package        /  Vulnerable  /                        Unaffected
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  1  media-libs/gd      < 2.0.35                             >= 2.0.35

Description

Xavier Roche discovered an infinite loop in the gdPngReadData() function when processing a truncated PNG file (CVE-2007-2756). An integer overflow has been discovered in the gdImageCreateTrueColor() function (CVE-2007-3472). An error has been discovered in the function gdImageCreateXbm() function (CVE-2007-3473). Unspecified vulnerabilities have been discovered in the GIF reader (CVE-2007-3474). An error has been discovered when processing a GIF image that has no global color map (CVE-2007-3475). An array index error has been discovered in the file gd_gif_in.c when processing images with an invalid color index (CVE-2007-3476). An error has been discovered in the imagearc() and imagefilledarc() functions when processing overly large angle values (CVE-2007-3477). A race condition has been discovered in the gdImageStringFTEx() function (CVE-2007-3478).

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Impact

A remote attacker could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to cause a Denial of Service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running GD.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GD users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/gd-2.0.35"

References

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  [ 1 ] CVE-2007-2756
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2756   [ 2 ] CVE-2007-3472
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3472   [ 3 ] CVE-2007-3473
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3473   [ 4 ] CVE-2007-3474
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3474   [ 5 ] CVE-2007-3475
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3475   [ 6 ] CVE-2007-3476
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3476   [ 7 ] CVE-2007-3477
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3477   [ 8 ] CVE-2007-3478
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3478

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-05.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).

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