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Mageia 7: MGASA-2020-0134 Medium: Libgd Stack Disclosure

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Calendar Grey March 8, 2020
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Mageia has released an update for libgd to address a security vulnerability stemming from an uninitialized variable, which may result in potential data leakage.
The updated packages fix a security vulnerability: When using the gdImageCreateFromXbm() function in the GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) 2.2.5, as used in the PHP GD extension in ...

Summary

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability:
When using the gdImageCreateFromXbm() function in the GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) 2.2.5, as used in the PHP GD extension in PHP versions 7.1.x below 7.1.30, 7.2.x below 7.2.19 and 7.3.x below 7.3.6, it is possible to supply data that will cause the function to use the value of uninitialized variable. This may lead to disclosing contents of the stack that has been left there by previous code. (CVE-2019-11038)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26306

- http://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2020-March/006579.html

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11038

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue medium severity libgd Mageia stack disclosure GD Graphics

Resolution

SRPMS

- 7/core/libgd-2.2.5-5.2.mga7

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Publication date: 08 Mar 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0134.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-11038

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue medium severity libgd Mageia stack disclosure GD Graphics

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