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Ubuntu: USN-3117-1 (CVE-2016-8670): GD library vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3117-1 (CVE-2016-8670): GD library vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/01/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/01/2017
Modified
04/25/2018

Description

Integer signedness error in the dynamicGetbuf function in gd_io_dp.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) through 2.2.3, as used in PHP before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted imagecreatefromstring call.

Solution(s)

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

References

  • USN-3117-1
  • DLA-665-1
  • DSA-3693
  • 93594
  • CVE-2016-8670

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