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Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : libgd2 vulnerability (USN-298-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27873

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

Xavier Roche discovered that libgd's function for reading GIF image data did not sufficiently verify its validity. Specially crafted GIF images could cause an infinite loop which used up all available CPU resources. Since libgd is often used in PHP and Perl web applications, this could lead to a remote Denial of Service vulnerability.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/298-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27873

File Name: ubuntu_USN-298-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

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: 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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgd2-xpm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgd2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgd-tools, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgd2-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgd2-noxpm-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgd2-noxpm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgd2-xpm-dev

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2906

USN: 298-1