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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : GD library vulnerabilities (USN-5068-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 153137

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5068-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that GD Graphics Library incorrectly handled certain GD

 and GD2 files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or expose sensitive information.
 This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
 (CVE-2017-6363)

 It was discovered that GD Graphics Library incorrectly handled certain TGA files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive information. (CVE-2021-381)

 It was discovered that GD Graphics Library incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. (CVE-2021-40145)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected libgd-dev, libgd-tools and / or libgd3 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5068-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 153137

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5068-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/8/2021

Updated: 8/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-6363

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgd3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgd-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgd-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgd2-noxpm-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgd2-xpm-dev

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6363, CVE-2021-38115, CVE-2021-40145

USN: 5068-1