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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : GD vulnerability (USN-3389-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 102493
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.Description
A vulnerability was discovered in GD Graphics Library (aka libgd), as used in PHP that does not zero colorMap arrays before use. A specially crafted GIF image could use the uninitialized tables to read bytes from the top of the stack.Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 102493
File Name: ubuntu_USN-3389-1.nasl
Version: 3.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 8/15/2017
Updated: 10/20/2023
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7890
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgd-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgd2-noxpm-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgd2-xpm-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgd3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgd-dev
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/14/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/2017
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-7890
USN: 3389-1