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Gentoo: GLSA-201607-04 Normal Severity: GD Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey July 16, 2016
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Explore Gentoo GLSA 201607-04, which details vulnerabilities in the GD library, stressing the importance of promptly patching remote code execution risks to protect applications.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GD, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GD. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Resolution

All GD users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/gd-2.2.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-2497 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-2497 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-9709 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9709 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-3074 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3074

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-04
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: GD: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 16, 2016
Bugs: #504872, #538686, #581942
ID: 201607-04

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GD, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

GD is a graphic library for fast image creation.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/gd < 2.2.2 >= 2.2.2

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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