Debian DSA-1117-1 : libgd2 - insufficient input sanitising

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22659

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that the GD graphics library performs insufficient checks of the validity of GIF images, which might lead to denial of service by tricking the application into an infinite loop.

Solution

Upgrade the libgd2 packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.33-1.1sarge1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=372912

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1117

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22659

File Name: debian_DSA-1117.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgd2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2906

DSA: 1117