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Posted on 03 September 2017
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3961-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
September 03, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : libgd2
CVE ID : CVE-2017-6362
A double-free vulnerability was discovered in the gdImagePngPtr()
function in libgd2, a library for programmatic graphics creation and
manipulation, which may result in denial of service or potentially the
execution of arbitrary code if a specially crafted file is processed.
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed
in version 2.1.0-5+deb8u11.
For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.2.4-2+deb9u2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.2.5-1.
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
