CVE-2006-2906

Published: 8 June 2006

The LZW decoding in the gdImageCreateFromGifPtr function in the Thomas Boutell graphics draw (GD) library (aka libgd) 2.0.33 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via malformed GIF data that causes an infinite loop.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
libgd2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Released (2.0.33-2ubuntu5.2)
	edgy	Released (2.0.33-4ubuntu2.1)
	feisty	Released (2.0.34~rc1-2ubuntu1.1)
	upstream	Needs triage

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-298-1
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-2906
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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