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Red Hat: RHSA-2010:0004-01 Severe: XYZ Memory Leak Mitigation

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Calendar Grey January 4, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important security patch released for Ubuntu Linux addressing low-risk memory corruption vulnerability. Update urgently!
Updated gd packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat ...

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

The gd packages provide a graphics library used for the dynamic creation of images, such as PNG and JPEG.
A missing input sanitization flaw, leading to a buffer overflow, was discovered in the gd library. A specially-crafted GD image file could cause an application using the gd library to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-3546)
Users of gd should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat buffer overflow gd library

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3546 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: gd-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.i386.rpm gd-debuginfo-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.i386.rpm gd-devel-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.i386.rpm gd-progs-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
ia64: gd-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.i386.rpm gd-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm gd-debuginfo-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.i386.rpm gd-debuginfo-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm gd-devel-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm gd-progs-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm
ppc: gd-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm gd-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.ppc64.rpm gd-debuginfo-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm gd-debuginfo-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.ppc64.rpm gd-devel-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm gd-progs-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm
s390: gd-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.s390.rpm gd-debuginfo-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.s390.rpm gd-devel-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.s390.rpm gd-progs-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.s390.rpm
s390x: gd-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.s390.rpm gd-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm gd-debuginfo-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.s390.rpm gd-debuginfo-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm gd-devel-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm gd-progs-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: gd-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.i386.rpm gd-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm gd-debuginfo-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.i386.rpm gd-debuginfo-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm gd-devel-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0003-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0003.html
Issue date: 2010-01-04

Topic

Updated gd packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red HatEnterprise Linux 4 and 5.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat buffer overflow gd library

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

529213 - CVE-2009-3546 gd: insufficient input validation in _gdGetColors()

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