Detections
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Alpine: gd: security update to 2.2.5-r4
high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 404540
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:- 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)
- read_header_tga in gd_tga.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) through 2.3.2 allows remote attackers
to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted TGA file. (CVE-2021-38115)
- gdImageGd2Ptr in gd_gd2.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) through 2.3.2 has a double free. NOTE:
the vendor's position is "The GD2 image format is a proprietary image format of libgd. It has to be
regarded as being obsolete, and should only be used for development and testing purposes. (CVE-2021-40145)
See Also
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-6363
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 404540
Version: Revision 1.25
Type: Local
Published: 10/31/2023
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.3
Percentile: 53.06
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-6363
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.1
Temporal Score: 7.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2020