Security update for gd

An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

This update for gd fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2016-8670: Stack Buffer Overflow in GD dynamicGetbuf (bsc#1004924)
- CVE-2016-6911: Check for out-of-bound read in dynamicGetbuf()
(bsc#1005274)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:
  zypper in -t patch sdksp4-gd-12820=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
  zypper in -t patch slessp4-gd-12820=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
  zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-gd-12820=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
  • gd-devel-2.0.36.RC1-52.25.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
  • gd-2.0.36.RC1-52.25.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
  • gd-debuginfo-2.0.36.RC1-52.25.1
  • gd-debugsource-2.0.36.RC1-52.25.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6911.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8670.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1004924
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1005274