Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1936-1 libgd2 -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:
17 Nov 2009
Affected Packages:
libgd2
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 408982, Bug 552534.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-0455, CVE-2009-3546.
More information:

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in libgd2, a library for programmatic graphics creation and manipulation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

  • CVE-2007-0455

    Kees Cook discovered a buffer overflow in libgd2's font renderer. An attacker could cause denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted string with a JIS encoded font. This issue only affects the oldstable distribution (etch).

  • CVE-2009-3546

    Tomas Hoger discovered a boundary error in the "_gdGetColors()" function. An attacker could conduct a buffer overflow or buffer over-read attacks via a crafted GD file.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.33-5.2etch2.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libgd2 packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2_2.0.33-5.2etch2.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2_2.0.33.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2_2.0.33-5.2etch2.dsc
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm_2.0.33-5.2etch2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.33-5.2etch2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd-tools_2.0.33-5.2etch2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm-dev_2.0.33-5.2etch2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm-dev_2.0.33-5.2etch2_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.33-5.2etch2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm-dev_2.0.33-5.2etch2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm_2.0.33-5.2etch2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd-tools_2.0.33-5.2etch2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm-dev_2.0.33-5.2etch2_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm_2.0.33-5.2etch2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.33-5.2etch2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd-tools_2.0.33-5.2etch2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm-dev_2.0.33-5.2etch2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm-dev_2.0.33-5.2etch2_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm_2.0.33-5.2etch2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm-dev_2.0.33-5.2etch2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm-dev_2.0.33-5.2etch2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd-tools_2.0.33-5.2etch2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.33-5.2etch2_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.33-5.2etch2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm-dev_2.0.33-5.2etch2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm_2.0.33-5.2etch2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd-tools_2.0.33-5.2etch2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm-dev_2.0.33-5.2etch2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm_2.0.33-5.2etch2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd-tools_2.0.33-5.2etch2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm-dev_2.0.33-5.2etch2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.33-5.2etch2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm-dev_2.0.33-5.2etch2_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd-tools_2.0.33-5.2etch2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm_2.0.33-5.2etch2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm-dev_2.0.33-5.2etch2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm-dev_2.0.33-5.2etch2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.33-5.2etch2_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm-dev_2.0.33-5.2etch2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd-tools_2.0.33-5.2etch2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm_2.0.33-5.2etch2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.33-5.2etch2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm-dev_2.0.33-5.2etch2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm-dev_2.0.33-5.2etch2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd-tools_2.0.33-5.2etch2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm-dev_2.0.33-5.2etch2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm_2.0.33-5.2etch2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.33-5.2etch2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm_2.0.33-5.2etch2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd-tools_2.0.33-5.2etch2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.33-5.2etch2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm-dev_2.0.33-5.2etch2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm-dev_2.0.33-5.2etch2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm-dev_2.0.33-5.2etch2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm_2.0.33-5.2etch2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm-dev_2.0.33-5.2etch2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd-tools_2.0.33-5.2etch2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.33-5.2etch2_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd-tools_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd-tools_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd-tools_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_arm.deb
ARM EABI:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_armel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd-tools_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_armel.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd-tools_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd-tools_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd-tools_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd-tools_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd-tools_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd-tools_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd-tools_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-noxpm_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd-tools_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libg/libgd2/libgd2-xpm-dev_2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-3+lenny1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.