DSA-3961-1 libgd2 -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3961-1 libgd2 -- security update

Date Reported:

03 Sep 2017

Affected Packages:

libgd2

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-6362.

More information:

A double-free vulnerability was discovered in the gdImagePngPtr() function in libgd2, a library for programmatic graphics creation and manipulation, which may result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code if a specially crafted file is processed.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.0-5+deb8u11.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.4-2+deb9u2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.5-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libgd2 packages.