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Ubuntu: USN-2987-1 (CVE-2014-2497): GD library vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-2987-1 (CVE-2014-2497): GD library vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/21/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/31/2016
Modified
09/19/2017

Description

The gdImageCreateFromXpm function in gdxpm.c in libgd, as used in PHP 5.4.26 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted color table in an XPM file.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libgd2-noxpm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libgd2-xpm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libgd3

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