{"id":18689,"date":"2017-09-06T02:34:22","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T17:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-3410-1-gd-library-vulnerability\/"},"modified":"2017-09-06T02:34:22","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T17:34:22","slug":"usn-3410-1-gd-library-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-3410-1-gd-library-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"USN-3410-1: GD library vulnerability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USN-3410-1: GD library vulnerability<\/p>\n<h2>Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3410-1<\/h2>\n<p><em>5th September, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>libgd2 vulnerability<\/h3>\n<p>A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its<br \/>\n    derivatives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ubuntu 17.04<\/li>\n<li>Ubuntu 16.04 LTS<\/li>\n<li>Ubuntu 14.04 LTS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n<p>GD library could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted<br \/>\nfile.\n<\/p>\n<h3>Software description<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>libgd2<br \/>\n    &#8211; GD Graphics Library<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Details<\/h3>\n<p>It was discovered that the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) incorrectly handled<br \/>certain malformed PNG images. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the GD Graphics Library<br \/>to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.<\/p>\n<h3>Update instructions<\/h3>\n<p> The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following<br \/>\npackage version:<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Ubuntu 17.04:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/libgd2\">libgd3<\/a><br \/>\n    <span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/libgd2\/2.2.4-2ubuntu0.3\">2.2.4-2ubuntu0.3<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/dd>\n<dd>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/libgd2\">libgd-tools<\/a><br \/>\n    <span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/libgd2\/2.2.4-2ubuntu0.3\">2.2.4-2ubuntu0.3<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/dd>\n<dt>Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/libgd2\">libgd3<\/a><br \/>\n    <span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/libgd2\/2.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.8\">2.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.8<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/dd>\n<dd>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/libgd2\">libgd-tools<\/a><br \/>\n    <span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/libgd2\/2.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.8\">2.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.8<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/dd>\n<dt>Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/libgd2\">libgd3<\/a><br \/>\n    <span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/libgd2\/2.1.0-3ubuntu0.8\">2.1.0-3ubuntu0.8<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/dd>\n<dd>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/libgd2\">libgd-tools<\/a><br \/>\n    <span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/libgd2\/2.1.0-3ubuntu0.8\">2.1.0-3ubuntu0.8<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>To update your system, please follow these instructions:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Security\/Upgrades\">https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Security\/Upgrades<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.<\/p>\n<h3>References<\/h3>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2017-6362\">CVE-2017-6362<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubuntu.com\/usn\/usn-3410-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">USN-3410-1: GD library vulnerability<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>USN-3410-1: GD library vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3410-1 5th September, 2017 libgd2 vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 17.04 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary GD library could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file. Software description libgd2 &#8211; GD Graphics Library Details It was discovered that the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) incorrectly handledcertain malformed PNG images. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the GD Graphics Libraryto crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 17.04: libgd3 2.2.4-2ubuntu0.3 libgd-tools 2.2.4-2ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libgd3 2.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.8 libgd-tools 2.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.8 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libgd3 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.8 libgd-tools 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.8 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Security\/Upgrades. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-3410-1-gd-library-vulnerability\/\" title=\"USN-3410-1: GD library vulnerability\">[ more&#8230; ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[586],"tags":[587],"class_list":["post-18689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ubuntu-usn","tag-ubuntu-usn"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18690,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18689\/revisions\/18690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}