USN-3389-2: GD vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• libgd2 - GD Graphics Library

Details

USN-3389-1 fixed a vulnerability in GD Graphics Library.
This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

A vulnerability was discovered in GD Graphics Library (aka libgd),
as used in PHP that does not zero colorMap arrays before use.
A specially crafted GIF image could use the uninitialized tables to
read bytes from the top of the stack.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04

• libgd-tools - 2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6ubuntu2.5

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2017-7890

Related notices

• USN-3389-1: libgd3, libgd2, libgd-dev, libgd-tools, libgd2-xpm-dev, libgd2-noxpm-dev