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Posted on 01 January 2017
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3751-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
January 01, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : libgd2
CVE ID : CVE-2016-9933
Debian Bug : 849038
A stack overflow vulnerability was discovered within the
gdImageFillToBorder function in libgd2, a library for programmatic
graphics creation and manipulation, triggered when invalid colors are
used with truecolor images. A remote attacker can take advantage of this
flaw to cause a denial-of-service against an application using the
libgd2 library.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.0-5+deb8u8.
For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed
in version 2.2.2-29-g3c2b605-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.2.2-29-g3c2b605-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libgd2 packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
