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Fedora 27 : gd (2017-ac3dd4ecf8)

high Nessus Plugin ID 105952

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

**Version 2.2.5** - 2017-08-30

 - **Security**

 - Double-free in gdImagePngPtr(). **CVE-2017-6362**

 - Buffer over-read into uninitialized memory.
 **CVE-2017-7890**

 - **Fixed**

 - Fix #109: XBM reading fails with printed error

 - Fix #338: Fatal and normal libjpeg/ibpng errors not distinguishable

 - Fix #357: 2.2.4: Segfault in test suite

 - Fix #386: gdImageGrayScale() may produce colors

 - Fix #406: webpng -i removes the transparent color

 - Fix Coverity #155475: Failure to restore alphaBlendingFlag

 - Fix Coverity #155476: potential resource leak

 - Fix several build issues and test failures

 - Fix and reenable optimized support for reading 1 bps TIFFs

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Solution

Update the affected gd package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-ac3dd4ecf8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105952

File Name: fedora_2017-ac3dd4ecf8.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/15/2018

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gd, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:27

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6362, CVE-2017-7890