Issued:

2010-01-04

Updated:

2010-01-04

RHSA-2010:0003 - Moderate: gd security update

Synopsis

Moderate: gd security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Updated gd packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Description

The gd packages provide a graphics library used for the dynamic creation of images, such as PNG and JPEG.

A missing input sanitization flaw, leading to a buffer overflow, was discovered in the gd library. A specially-crafted GD image file could cause an application using the gd library to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2009-3546)

Users of gd should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• gd-devel-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.s390.rpm
• gd-devel-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm
• gd-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
• gd-devel-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm
• gd-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm
• gd-progs-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.s390x.rpm
• gd-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm
• gd-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.ppc64.rpm
• gd-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.src.rpm
• gd-devel-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm
• gd-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.src.rpm
• gd-progs-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm
• gd-progs-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm
• gd-progs-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm
• gd-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.s390.rpm
• gd-devel-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
• gd-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.s390x.rpm
• gd-devel-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.ppc.rpm
• gd-progs-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
• gd-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.ppc64.rpm
• gd-progs-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.i386.rpm
• gd-devel-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.i386.rpm
• gd-devel-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
• gd-devel-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.ia64.rpm
• gd-progs-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.s390.rpm
• gd-devel-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.ppc64.rpm
• gd-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.s390.rpm
• gd-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.ia64.rpm
• gd-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm
• gd-progs-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.ppc.rpm
• gd-progs-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.ia64.rpm
• gd-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.i386.rpm
• gd-devel-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.s390x.rpm
• gd-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm
• gd-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
• gd-devel-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm
• gd-progs-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
• gd-progs-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm
• gd-devel-2.0.28-5.4E.el4_8.1.s390.rpm
• gd-2.0.33-9.4.el5_4.2.ppc.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 529213

CVEs

• CVE-2009-3546

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.