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Gentoo GLSA-200411-08 Normal: GD Integer Overflow Code Execution

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Calendar Grey November 3, 2004
Scroller Gentoo
Gentoo has issued an alert regarding an integer overflow vulnerability within the GD library's PNG decoding functions, which may lead to potential arbitrary code execution.
The PNG image decoding routines in the GD library contain an integer overflow that may allow execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the program decoding a malicious PNG ima...

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200411-08 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: GD: Integer overflow Date: November 03, 2004 Bugs: #69070 ID: 200411-08

Synopsis ======= The PNG image decoding routines in the GD library contain an integer overflow that may allow execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the program decoding a malicious PNG image.
Background ========= The GD graphics library is an open source library which allows programmers to easily generate PNG, JPEG, GIF and WBMP images from many different programming languages.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/gd < 2.0.32 >= 2.0.32
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