Ubuntu alert USN-4316-1 (libgd2)
| From: | Avital Ostromich <avital.ostromich@canonical.com> | |
| To: | ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com | |
| Subject: | [USN-4316-1] GD Graphics Library vulnerabilities | |
| Date: | Thu, 2 Apr 2020 18:46:31 -0400 | |
| Message-ID: | <73fa1782-f459-7cc7-ba4b-d36cd4663587@canonical.com> |
========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4316-1 April 02, 2020 libgd2 vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 19.10 - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in GD Graphics Library. Software Description: - libgd2: Open source code library for the dynamic creation of images Details: It was discovered that GD Graphics Library incorrectly handled cloning an image. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GD Graphics Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-14553) It was discovered that GD Graphics Library incorrectly handled loading images from X bitmap format files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GD Graphics Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or to disclose contents of the stack that has been left there by previous code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-11038) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.10: libgd-tools 2.2.5-5.2ubuntu0.19.10.1 libgd3 2.2.5-5.2ubuntu0.19.10.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libgd-tools 2.2.5-4ubuntu0.4 libgd3 2.2.5-4ubuntu0.4 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libgd-tools 2.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.12 libgd3 2.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.12 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4316-1 CVE-2018-14553, CVE-2019-11038 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgd2/2.2.5-5.2ubun... <https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgd2/2.2.5-5.2ubun...> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgd2/2.2.5-4ubuntu0.4 <https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgd2/2.2.5-4ubuntu0.4> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgd2/2.1.1-4ubuntu... <https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgd2/2.1.1-4ubuntu...> -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...