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RHEL 7 RHSA-2020:5443-01 Moderate: GD Heap Overflow Security Update

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Calendar Grey December 15, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Canonical has launched a critical security patch for libjpeg affecting Ubuntu 20.04, resolving buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to unauthorized access.
An update for gd is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

GD is an open source code library for the dynamic creation of images by programmers. GD creates PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, XPM, BMP images, among other formats.
Security Fix(es):
* gd: Integer overflow in _gd2GetHeader() resulting in heap overflow (CVE-2016-5766)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate severity heap overflow integer overflow image processing gd update GD library

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5766 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: gd-2.0.35-27.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: gd-2.0.35-27.el7_9.i686.rpm gd-2.0.35-27.el7_9.x86_64.rpm gd-debuginfo-2.0.35-27.el7_9.i686.rpm gd-debuginfo-2.0.35-27.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: gd-debuginfo-2.0.35-27.el7_9.i686.rpm gd-debuginfo-2.0.35-27.el7_9.x86_64.rpm gd-devel-2.0.35-27.el7_9.i686.rpm gd-devel-2.0.35-27.el7_9.x86_64.rpm gd-progs-2.0.35-27.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: gd-2.0.35-27.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: gd-2.0.35-27.el7_9.i686.rpm gd-2.0.35-27.el7_9.x86_64.rpm gd-debuginfo-2.0.35-27.el7_9.i686.rpm gd-debuginfo-2.0.35-27.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: gd-debuginfo-2.0.35-27.el7_9.i686.rpm gd-debuginfo-2.0.35-27.el7_9.x86_64.rpm gd-devel-2.0.35-27.el7_9.i686.rpm gd-devel-2.0.35-27.el7_9.x86_64.rpm gd-progs-2.0.35-27.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: gd-2.0.35-27.el7_9.src.rpm
ppc64: gd-2.0.35-27.el7_9.ppc.rpm gd-2.0.35-27.el7_9.ppc64.rpm gd-debuginfo-2.0.35-27.el7_9.ppc.rpm gd-debuginfo-2.0.35-27.el7_9.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: gd-2.0.35-27.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm gd-debuginfo-2.0.35-27.el7_9.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: gd-2.0.35-27.el7_9.s390.rpm gd-2.0.35-27.el7_9.s390x.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:5443-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5443
Issue date: 2020-12-15

Topic

An update for gd is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate severity heap overflow integer overflow image processing gd update GD library

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1351068 - CVE-2016-5766 gd: Integer overflow in _gd2GetHeader() resulting in heap overflow

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