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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201903-18 ] GD: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 02:45:13
Message-Id: 20190328021002.GC14496@monkey
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201903-18
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: GD: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: March 28, 2019
10 Bugs: #664732, #679702
11 ID: 201903-18
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15 Synopsis
16 ========
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GD, the worst of which
19 could result in the remote execution of arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 GD is a graphic library for fast image creation.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 media-libs/gd < 2.2.5-r2 >= 2.2.5-r2
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34 Description
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37 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GD. Please review the
38 CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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40 Impact
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43 A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted
44 image, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of
45 Service condition.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All GD users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/gd-2.2.5-r2"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2018-1000222
64 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000222
65 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-5711
66 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5711
67 [ 3 ] CVE-2019-6977
68 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6977
69 [ 4 ] CVE-2019-6978
70 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6978
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72 Availability
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75 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
76 the Gentoo Security Website:
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78 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-18
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80 Concerns?
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83 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
84 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
85 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
86 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
87 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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89 License
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92 Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
93 belongs to its owner(s).
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95 The contents of this document are licensed under the
96 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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98 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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