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openSUSE 13.2 SU-2016:2607-1 Important: gd Integer Overflow

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Calendar Grey October 24, 2016
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Description

This update for gd fixes the following issue:

- CVE-2016-7568: Integer overflow in the gdImageWebpCtx function in

gd_webp.c (libgd) (bsc#1001900).

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE 13.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2016-1220=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):

gd-2.1.0-7.19.1

gd-debuginfo-2.1.0-7.19.1

gd-debugsource-2.1.0-7.19.1

gd-devel-2.1.0-7.19.1

libgd3-2.1.0-7.19.1

libgd3-debuginfo-2.1.0-7.19.1

- openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64):

libgd3-32bit-2.1.0-7.19.1

libgd3-debuginfo-32bit-2.1.0-7.19.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7568.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1001900

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2016:2607-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE 13.2 .

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