SB2016052308 - Integer overflow in gd (Alpine package)
Published: May 23, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016052308
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10168)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack and potentially compromise vulnerable system.The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow when processing the number of horizontal and vertical chunks in an image in gd_io.c. A remote attacker create a specially crafted image file, trigger memory corruption and crash the affected application or execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.