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openSUSE Security Update : gd (openSUSE-2017-289)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 97369

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for gd fixes the following security issues :

 - CVE-2016-6906: An out-of-bounds read in TGA decompression was fixed which could have lead to crashes. (bsc#1022553)

 - CVE-2016-6912: Double free vulnerability in the gdImageWebPtr function in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) allowed remote attackers to have unspecified impact via large width and height values. (bsc#1022284)

 - CVE-2016-9317: The gdImageCreate function in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via an oversized image. (bsc#1022283)

 - CVE-2016-10166: A potential unsigned underflow in gd interpolation functions could lead to memory corruption in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) (bsc#1022263)

 - CVE-2016-10167: A denial of service problem in gdImageCreateFromGd2Ctx() could lead to libgd running out of memory even on small files. (bsc#1022264)

 - CVE-2016-10168: A signed integer overflow in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) could lead to memory corruption (bsc#1022265)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected gd packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1022263

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1022264

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1022265

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1022283

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1022284

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1022553

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 97369

File Name: openSUSE-2017-289.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2017

Updated: 12/31/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6912

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gd, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gd-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gd-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gd-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gd-debuginfo-32bit

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10166, CVE-2016-10167, CVE-2016-10168, CVE-2016-6906, CVE-2016-6912, CVE-2016-9317