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Mageia 8 - MGASA-2021-0449 Moderate: LibGD Out-Of-Bounds Read

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Calendar Grey September 29, 2021
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Revised libgd components resolve a significant out-of-bounds read vulnerability within Mageia's GD Graphics Library to bolster protection.
The updated packages fix a security vulnerability: The GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) through 2.3.2 has an out-of-bounds read because of the lack of certain gdGetBuf and gdPutBuf...

Summary

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability:
The GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) through 2.3.2 has an out-of-bounds read because of the lack of certain gdGetBuf and gdPutBuf return value checks (CVE-2021-40812).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29486

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- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-40812

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue graphics library out-of-bounds Mageia LibGD

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/libgd-2.3.1-1.3.mga8

Publication date: 29 Sep 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0449.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-40812

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue graphics library out-of-bounds Mageia LibGD

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