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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-5767: gd multiple issues

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-5767: gd multiple issues

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/07/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/30/2017
Modified
01/08/2018

Description

Integer overflow in the gdImageCreate function in gd.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.0.34RC1, as used in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image dimensions.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-gd

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