Slackware: 2020-083-01: gd Security Update
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gd-2.3.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues: Potential double-free in gdImage*Ptr(). gdImageColorMatch() out of bounds write on heap. Uninitialized read in gdImageCreateFromXbm(). Double-free in gdImageBmp. Potential NULL pointer dereference in gdImageClone(). Potential infinite loop in gdImageCreateFromGifCtx(). For more information, see: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-6978 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-6977 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11038 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000222 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14553 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5711 (* Security fix *)
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Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/gd-2.3.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/gd-2.3.0-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 14.2 package:
02054b210ea398c39294503cfd96932a gd-2.3.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
b9de5217fd1c323ece6c42d59118f611 gd-2.3.0-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
073b5aa2f29173ac3549a55fae397a78 l/gd-2.3.0-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
ada8d37a3346d51cf1b773c01cbca8ce l/gd-2.3.0-x86_64-1.txz
Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg gd-2.3.0-i586-1_slack14.2.txz