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CentOS 8 : gd (CESA-2020:4659)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 145893

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2020:4659 advisory.

 - gd: NULL pointer dereference in gdImageClone (CVE-2018-14553)

 - gd: Heap-based buffer overflow in gdImageColorMatch() in gd_color_match.c (CVE-2019-6977)

 - gd: Double free in the gdImage*Ptr in gd_gif_out.c, gd_jpeg.c, and gd_wbmp.c (CVE-2019-6978)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected gd and / or gd-devel packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4659

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 145893

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2020-4659.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2021

Updated: 3/23/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6978

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gd-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14553, CVE-2019-6977, CVE-2019-6978

BID: 106731

RHSA: 2020:4659