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RHEL 4 : gd (RHSA-2006:0194)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 20856

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated gd packages that fix several buffer overflow flaws are now available.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The gd package contains a graphics library used for the dynamic creation of images such as PNG and JPEG.

Several buffer overflow flaws were found in the way gd allocates memory. An attacker could create a carefully crafted image that could execute arbitrary code if opened by a victim using a program linked against the gd library. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) assigned the name CVE-2004-0941 to these issues.

Users of gd should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch and is not vulnerable to these issues.

Solution

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

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-0941

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006:0194

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 20856

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2006-0194.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/5/2006

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gd-progs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gd-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/1/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0941

RHSA: 2006:0194