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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-6977

high Nessus Plugin ID 223049

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - gdImageColorMatch in gd_color_match.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) 2.2.5, as used in the imagecolormatch function in PHP before 5.6.40, 7.x before 7.1.26, 7.2.x before 7.2.14, and 7.3.x before 7.3.1, has a heap-based buffer overflow. This can be exploited by an attacker who is able to trigger imagecolormatch calls with crafted image data. (CVE-2019-6977)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-6977

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 223049

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2019_6977.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 8/20/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6977

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-tidy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-gd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-tidy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-enchant, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-mysql, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-intl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-xml, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-mysqlnd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-zts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-dba, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-xmlrpc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-gd, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-cli, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-imap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-fpm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-mbstring, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-recode, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-embedded, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-recode, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pspell, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gd-progs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gd-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-process, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-bcmath, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gd-progs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php53, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-soap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-imap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php53, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-process, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-odbc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pdo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-pspell, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:php-zts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6977