USN-5068-1: GD library vulnerabilities

8 September 2021

Several security issues were fixed in GD library.

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Releases

Packages

  • libgd2 - GD Graphics Library

Details

It was discovered that GD Graphics Library incorrectly handled certain GD and GD2 files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or expose sensitive information.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
(CVE-2017-6363)

It was discovered that GD Graphics Library incorrectly handled certain TGA files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or
expose sensitive information. (CVE-2021-381)

It was discovered that GD Graphics Library incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash.
(CVE-2021-40145)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 21.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04

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

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