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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57149
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1117)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libgd2' package(s) announced via the DSA-1117 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libgd2' package(s) announced via the DSA-1117 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that the GD graphics library performs insufficient checks of the validity of GIF images, which might lead to denial of service by tricking the application into an infinite loop.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.33-1.1sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.33-5.

We recommend that you upgrade your libgd2 packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'libgd2' package(s) on Debian 3.1.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.4

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-2906
BugTraq ID: 18294
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18294
Bugtraq: 20060606 libgd 2.0.33 infinite loop in GIF decoding ? (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436132
Debian Security Information: DSA-1117 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1117
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:112
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:113
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:122
http://secunia.com/advisories/20500
http://secunia.com/advisories/20571
http://secunia.com/advisories/20676
http://secunia.com/advisories/20853
http://secunia.com/advisories/20866
http://secunia.com/advisories/20887
http://secunia.com/advisories/21050
http://secunia.com/advisories/21186
http://secunia.com/advisories/23783
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1067
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2006:031 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_31_php.html
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0038
https://usn.ubuntu.com/298-1/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2174
XForce ISS Database: gdgraphicslibrary-gif-dos(26976)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26976
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