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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703630
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3630-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libgd2' package(s) announced via the DSA-3630-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libgd2' package(s) announced via the DSA-3630-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Secunia Research at Flexera Software discovered an integer overflow vulnerability within the _gdContributionsAlloc() function in libgd2, a library for programmatic graphics creation and manipulation. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial-of-service against an application using the libgd2 library.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.0-5+deb8u6.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.2-43-g22cba39-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libgd2 packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'libgd2' package(s) on Debian 8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-6207
BugTraq ID: 92080
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92080
Bugtraq: 20160803 Secunia Research: LibGD "_gdContributionsAlloc()" Integer Overflow Denial of Service Vulnerability (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539100/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-3630 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3630
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-09
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138174/LibGD-2.2.2-Integer-Overflow-Denial-Of-Service.html
https://secunia.com/secunia_research/2016-9/
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:2750
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036535
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:2117 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00086.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:2363 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00078.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3060-1
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