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Debian: DSA-1613-1 Critical: Libgd2 Denial Of Service Attack Advisory

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Calendar Grey July 22, 2008
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5608-1 outlines patches for libgmp vulnerabilities leading to application failures and denial of service risks.
Grayscale PNG files containing invalid tRNS chunk CRC values could cause a denial of service (crash), if a maliciously crafted image is loaded into an application using ...

Summary


Grayscale PNG files containing invalid tRNS chunk CRC values
could cause a denial of service (crash), if a maliciously
crafted image is loaded into an application using libgd.

CVE-2007-3476

An array indexing error in libgd's GIF handling could induce a
denial of service (crash with heap corruption) if exceptionally
large color index values are supplied in a maliciously crafted
GIF image file.

CVE-2007-3477

The imagearc() and imagefilledarc() routines in libgd allow
an attacker in control of the parameters used to specify
the degrees of arc for those drawing functions to perform
a denial of service attack (excessive CPU consumption).

CVE-2007-3996

Multiple integer overflows exist in libgd's image resizing and
creation routines; these weaknesses allow an attacker in control
of the parameters passed to those routines to induce a crash or
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
an application o...

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