Debian: DSA-3751-1: libgd2 security update

A stack overflow vulnerability was discovered within the gdImageFillToBorder function in libgd2, a library for programmatic graphics creation and manipulation, triggered when invalid colors are used with truecolor images. A remote attacker can take advantage of this

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3751-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso
January 01, 2017                      https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : libgd2
CVE ID         : CVE-2016-9933
Debian Bug     : 849038

A stack overflow vulnerability was discovered within the
gdImageFillToBorder function in libgd2, a library for programmatic
graphics creation and manipulation, triggered when invalid colors are
used with truecolor images. A remote attacker can take advantage of this
flaw to cause a denial-of-service against an application using the
libgd2 library.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.0-5+deb8u8.

For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed
in version 2.2.2-29-g3c2b605-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.2.2-29-g3c2b605-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libgd2 packages.

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