In the GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) through 2.2.5, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in tiffWriter in gd_tiff.c. NOTE: the vendor says "In my opinion this issue should not have a CVE, since the GD and GD2 formats are documented to be 'obsolete, and should only be used for development and testing purposes.'

An update of the libgd package has been released.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5068-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that GD Graphics Library incorrectly handled certain GD

    and GD2 files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or expose sensitive information.
    This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
    (CVE-2017-6363)

    It was discovered that GD Graphics Library incorrectly handled certain TGA files. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive information. (CVE-2021-381)

    It was discovered that GD Graphics Library incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly     use this issue to cause a crash. (CVE-2021-40145)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the gd package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - ** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an     organization or individual that will use it when     announcing a new security problem. When the candidate     has been publicized, the details for this candidate     will be provided.(CVE-2018-14553)

  - ** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an     organization or individual that will use it when     announcing a new security problem. When the candidate     has been publicized, the details for this candidate     will be provided.(CVE-2017-6363)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the gd package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - In the GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) through 2.2.5,     there is a heap-based buffer over-read in tiffWriter in     gd_tiff.c. NOTE: the vendor says 'In my opinion this     issue should not have a CVE, since the GD and GD2     formats are documented to be 'obsolete, and should only     be used for development and testing     purposes.''(CVE-2017-6363)

  - gdImageClone in gd.c in libgd 2.1.0-rc2 through 2.2.5     has a NULL pointer dereference allowing attackers to     crash an application via a specific function call     sequence. Only affects PHP when linked with an external     libgd (not bundled).(CVE-2018-14553)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
202898	Photon OS 3.0: Libgd PHSA-2020-3.0-0072	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
153137	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : GD library vulnerabilities (USN-5068-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
140004	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.6.0 : gd (EulerOS-SA-2020-1901)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
139132	EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : gd (EulerOS-SA-2020-1802)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
135307	Photon OS 2.0: Libgd PHSA-2020-2.0-0223	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high

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