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GD Graphics Library Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA13179
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Release Date:
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2004-11-12
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | GD Graphics Library 2.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2004-0941 (Secunia mirror)
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This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
- Companies can be alerted when a patch is released! |
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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in GD Graphics Library, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to unspecified boundary errors in calls to the "gdMalloc()" function and can be exploited to cause buffer overflows.
Successful exploitation may potentially allow execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of an application linked to the vulnerable library.
Solution:
Secunia is currently not aware of an official updated version, which addresses the vulnerabilities.
However, updates have been issued by some Linux vendors.
Provided and/or discovered by:
First reported in a Fedora advisory.
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Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.
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5 Related Secunia Security Advisories
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1. GD Graphics Library Multiple Vulnerabilities
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2. GD Graphics Library Truncated PNG Data Denial of Service
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3. GD Graphics Library "gdImageStringFTEx()" Denial of Service
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4. GD Graphics Library GIF File Handling Denial of Service
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5. GD Graphics Library "gdImageCreateFromPngCtx()" Integer Overflow
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