Slackware Security Advisory - New libwmf packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues.
e36e4f72eb165ba8766f63e12181c95dca942d5b1f2756db4eedb949f09b3bc5Ubuntu Security Notice 854-1 - Tomas Hoger discovered that the GD library did not properly handle the number of colors in certain malformed GD images. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted GD image, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that the GD library did not properly handle incorrect color indexes. An attacker could send specially crafted input to applications linked against libgd2 and cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. It was discovered that the GD library did not properly handle certain malformed GIF images. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted GIF image, an attacker could cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. It was discovered that the GD library did not properly handle large angle degree values. An attacker could send specially crafted input to applications linked against libgd2 and cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 6.06 LTS.
b73b36b887d79ca9e33bd11f21234253e6b1365bba9dccdfd6ef80ad069bb5e6Debian Security Advisory 1613-1 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in libgd2, a library for programmatic graphics creation and manipulation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following three issues:
1ec400aa47c3df11688f737aeb1905ab1846b62ee1039d4e1efa0f452cf223c9Mandriva Linux Security Advisory - Maurycy Prodeus found an integer overflow vulnerability in the way various PDF viewers processed PDF files. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that could cause tetex to crash and possibly execute arbitrary code open a user opening the file. In addition, tetex contains an embedded copy of the GD library which suffers from a number of bugs which potentially lead to denial of service and possibly other issues.
4b9691f84f1ab3a6e1240a51aa912ed2ec78100d92ca0a1bb83a43b08e97b10aGentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200708-05 - Xavier Roche discovered an infinite loop in the gdPngReadData() function when processing a truncated PNG file. An integer overflow has been discovered in the gdImageCreateTrueColor() function. An error has been discovered in the function gdImageCreateXbm() function. Unspecified vulnerabilities have been discovered in the GIF reader. An error has been discovered when processing a GIF image that has no global color map. An array index error has been discovered in the file gd_gif_in.c when processing images with an invalid color index. An error has been discovered in the imagearc() and imagefilledarc() functions when processing overly large angle values. A race condition has been discovered in the gdImageStringFTEx() function. Versions less than 2.0.35 are affected.
06d495eaea35eb5629fd2f5874dc7dfd0264041926be392389ec9ced057b04f5Mandriva Linux Security Advisory - GD versions prior to 2.0.35 have a number of bugs which potentially lead to denial of service and possibly other issues.
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