Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-3755-1

USN-3755-1: GD vulnerabilities

Publication date

27 August 2018

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in GD.

Releases

18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS 14.04 LTS

Packages

libgd2 - GD Graphics Library

Details

It was discovered that GD incorrectly handled certain images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-1000222)

It was discovered that GD incorrectly handled certain GIF files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-5711)

It was discovered that GD incorrectly handled certain images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-1000222)

It was discovered that GD incorrectly handled certain GIF files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-5711)

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release	Package Version
18.04 bionic	libgd-tools – 2.2.5-4ubuntu0.2
18.04 bionic	libgd3 – 2.2.5-4ubuntu0.2
16.04 xenial	libgd-tools – 2.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.10
16.04 xenial	libgd3 – 2.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.10
14.04 trusty	libgd-tools – 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.10
14.04 trusty	libgd3 – 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.10

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USN-3755-1: GD vulnerabilities

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