MiracleLinux 8 : gd-2.2.5-7.el8 (AXSA:2020-1002:01)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 291715

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2020-1002:01 advisory.

* gd: Heap-based buffer overflow in gdImageColorMatch() in gd_color_match.c (CVE-2019-6977)
* gd: NULL pointer dereference in gdImageClone (CVE-2018-14553)
* gd: Double free in the gdImage*Ptr in gd_gif_out.c, gd_jpeg.c, and gd_wbmp.c (CVE-2019-6978)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected gd and / or gd-devel packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/12184

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 291715

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2020-1002.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/19/2026

Updated: 1/19/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6978

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

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:miracle:linux:gd, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:gd-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/20/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14553, CVE-2019-6977, CVE-2019-6978