DSA-3777-1 libgd2 -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3777-1 libgd2 -- security update

Date Reported:

31 Jan 2017

Affected Packages:

libgd2

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-6906, CVE-2016-6912, CVE-2016-9317, CVE-2016-10166, CVE-2016-10167, CVE-2016-10168.

More information:

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered 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 malformed file is processed.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 2.1.0-5+deb8u9.

For the testing distribution (stretch) and the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.4-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libgd2 packages.