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Gentoo: GLSA-201612-09 Security Notice for GD Code Execution Risks

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Calendar Grey December 4, 2016
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Acquire knowledge on Gentoo GLSA-201612-09, which addresses several vulnerabilities in GD that could potentially lead to risks including remote code execution among other serious threats.
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo remote code execution gd

Resolution

All gd users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/gd-2.2.3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-5766 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5766 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-6128 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-6128 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-6132 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-6132 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-6207 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-6207 [ 5 ] CVE-2016-7568 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-7568

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-09
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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: December 04, 2016
Bugs: #587662, #587968, #592720, #592722
ID: 201612-09

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo remote code execution gd

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 < 2.2.3 >= 2.2.3

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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