USN-4316-2: GD Graphics Library vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• libgd2 - Open source code library for the dynamic creation of images

Details

USN-4316-1 fixed a vulnerability in GD Graphics Library. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that GD Graphics Library incorrectly handled cloning an
image. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GD Graphics Library
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-14553)

It was discovered that GD Graphics Library incorrectly handled loading images
from X bitmap format files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
GD Graphics Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or to disclose
contents of the stack that has been left there by previous code. (CVE-2019-11038)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04

• libgd3 - 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.11+esm1
• libgd-tools - 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.11+esm1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2018-14553
• CVE-2019-11038

Related notices

• USN-4316-1: libgd-dev, libgd-tools, libgd2, libgd3