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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-5711: Security patch for php56, php70, php71 (ALAS-2018-946)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-5711: Security patch for php56, php70, php71 (ALAS-2018-946)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/16/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/09/2018
Modified
04/16/2020

Description

gd_gif_in.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd), as used in PHP before 5.6.33, 7.0.x before 7.0.27, 7.1.x before 7.1.13, and 7.2.x before 7.2.1, has an integer signedness error that leads to an infinite loop via a crafted GIF file, as demonstrated by a call to the imagecreatefromgif or imagecreatefromstring PHP function. This is related to GetCode_ and gdImageCreateFromGifCtx.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade--php70
  • amazon-linux-upgrade--php71
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php56

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