NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting gd package, versions <2.2.5-r3
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE311-GD-589152
- published 21 Jul 2020
- disclosed 11 Feb 2020
Introduced: 11 Feb 2020
CVE-2018-14553 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.11 gd to version 2.2.5-r3 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gd package and not the gd package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.11 relevant fixed versions and status.
gdImageClone in gd.c in libgd 2.1.0-rc2 through 2.2.5 has a NULL pointer dereference allowing attackers to crash an application via a specific function call sequence. Only affects PHP when linked with an external libgd (not bundled).
References
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3CZ2QADQTKRHTGB2AHD7J4QQNDLBEMM6/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1599032
- https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/a93eac0e843148dc2d631c3ba80af17e9c8c860f
- https://github.com/libgd/libgd/pull/580
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00020.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4316-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4316-2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3CZ2QADQTKRHTGB2AHD7J4QQNDLBEMM6/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00003.html
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