Security update for gd

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:0771-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-6977 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2019-6977 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2019-6978 ( SUSE ): 4.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2019-6978 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • Desktop Applications Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for gd fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2019-6977: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow the GD Graphics Library used in the imagecolormatch function (bsc#1123361).
  • CVE-2019-6978: Fixed a double free in the gdImage*Ptr() functions (bsc#1123522).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2019-771=1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-2019-771=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libgd3-debuginfo-2.2.5-4.6.1
    • gd-debuginfo-2.2.5-4.6.1
    • libgd3-2.2.5-4.6.1
    • gd-debugsource-2.2.5-4.6.1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • gd-devel-2.2.5-4.6.1
    • gd-debuginfo-2.2.5-4.6.1
    • gd-2.2.5-4.6.1
    • gd-debugsource-2.2.5-4.6.1

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