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Debian DLA-2106-1 : libgd2 security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 133730

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in libgd2, the GD graphics library, whereby an attacker can employ a specific function call sequence to trigger a NULL pointer dereference, subsequently crash the application using libgd2, and create a denial of service.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.0-5+deb8u14.

We recommend that you upgrade your libgd2 packages.

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

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00014.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/libgd2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 133730

File Name: debian_DLA-2106.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/18/2020

Updated: 3/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14553

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgd-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgd-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgd-tools, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgd2-noxpm-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgd2-xpm-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgd3, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14553