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Fedora 25 : gd (2017-bab5698540)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 96707

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

## Version 2.2.4 - 2017-01-18

### Security

 - gdImageCreate() doesn't check for oversized images and as such is prone to DoS vulnerabilities. (CVE-2016-9317)

 - double-free in gdImageWebPtr() (CVE-2016-6912)

 - potential unsigned underflow in gd_interpolation.c

 - DOS vulnerability in gdImageCreateFromGd2Ctx()

### Fixed

 - Fix #354: Signed Integer Overflow gd_io.c

 - Fix #340: System frozen

 - Fix OOB reads of the TGA decompression buffer

 - Fix DOS vulnerability in gdImageCreateFromGd2Ctx()

 - Fix potential unsigned underflow

 - Fix double-free in gdImageWebPtr()

 - Fix invalid read in gdImageCreateFromTiffPtr()

 - Fix OOB reads of the TGA decompression buffer

 - Fix #68: gif: buffer underflow reported by AddressSanitizer

 - Avoid potentially dangerous signed to unsigned conversion

 - Fix #304: test suite failure in gif/bug00006 [2.2.3]

 - Fix #329: GD_BILINEAR_FIXED gdImageScale() can cause black border

 - Fix #330: Integer overflow in gdImageScaleBilinearPalette()

 - Fix 321: NULL pointer dereferences in gdImageRotateInterpolated

 - Fix whitespace and add missing comment block

 - Fix #319: gdImageRotateInterpolated can have wrong background color

 - Fix color quantization documentation

 - Fix #309: gdImageGd2() writes wrong chunk sizes on boundaries

 - Fix #307: GD_QUANT_NEUQUANT fails to unset trueColor flag

 - Fix #300: gdImageClone() assigns res_y = res_x

 - Fix #299: Regression regarding gdImageRectangle() with gdImageSetThickness()

 - Replace GNU old-style field designators with C89 compatible initializers

 - Fix #297: gdImageCrop() converts palette image to truecolor image

 - Fix #290: TGA RLE decoding is broken

 - Fix unnecessary non NULL checks

 - Fix #289: Passing unrecognized formats to gdImageGd2 results in corrupted files

 - Fix #280: gdImageWebpEx() `quantization` parameter is a misnomer

 - Publish all gdImageCreateFromWebp*() functions and gdImageWebpCtx()

 - Fix issue #276: Sometimes pixels are missing when storing images as BMPs

 - Fix issue #275: gdImageBmpCtx() may segfault for non-seekable contexts

 - Fix copy&paste error in gdImageScaleBicubicFixed()

### Added

 - More documentation

 - Documentation on GD and GD2 formats

 - More tests

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Solution

Update the affected gd package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-bab5698540

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 96707

File Name: fedora_2017-bab5698540.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/24/2017

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:25, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gd

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6912, CVE-2016-9317