Debian DSA-3619-1 : libgd2 - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 92327

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in libgd2, a library for programmatic graphics creation and manipulation. A remote attacker can take advantage of these flaws to cause a denial-of-service against an application using the libgd2 library (application crash), or potentially to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

Solution

Upgrade the libgd2 packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 2.1.0-5+deb8u4.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=829014

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=829062

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=829694

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3619

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 92327

File Name: debian_DSA-3619.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/18/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgd2, 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: 7/15/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5116, CVE-2016-5766, CVE-2016-6128, CVE-2016-6132, CVE-2016-6161, CVE-2016-6214, CVE-2016-6905

DSA: 3619