GLSA-201903-18 : GD: Multiple vulnerabilities

High Nessus Plugin ID 123424

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201903-18 (GD: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GD. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted image, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All GD users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/gd-2.2.5-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-18

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 123424

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201903-18.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 2019/03/28

Updated: 2019/04/10

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gd, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2019/03/28

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2018/01/16

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000222, CVE-2018-5711, CVE-2019-6977, CVE-2019-6978

GLSA: 201903-18