Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gd (MDKSA-2007:122)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25516

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A flaw in libgd2 was found by Xavier Roche where it would not correctly validate PNG callback results. If an application linked against libgd2 was tricked into processing a specially crafted PNG file, it could cause a denial of service scenario via CPU resource consumption.

The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25516

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2007-122.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 6/14/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libgd2-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:gd-utils, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libgd2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gd2-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gd2, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gd2-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libgd2-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2756

BID: 24089

MDKSA: 2007:122

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