Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2044
Advisory Release Date: 2023-05-11 17:49 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-05-16 15:14 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
** DISPUTED ** gdImageGd2Ptr in gd_gd2.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) through 2.3.2 has a double free. NOTE: the vendor's position is "The GD2 image format is a proprietary image format of libgd. It has to be regarded as being obsolete, and should only be used for development and testing purposes." (CVE-2021-40145)
Affected Packages:
gd
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update gd to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
gd-2.0.35-27.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
gd-progs-2.0.35-27.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
gd-devel-2.0.35-27.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
gd-debuginfo-2.0.35-27.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
i686:
gd-2.0.35-27.amzn2.0.1.i686
gd-progs-2.0.35-27.amzn2.0.1.i686
gd-devel-2.0.35-27.amzn2.0.1.i686
gd-debuginfo-2.0.35-27.amzn2.0.1.i686
src:
gd-2.0.35-27.amzn2.0.1.src
x86_64:
gd-2.0.35-27.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
gd-progs-2.0.35-27.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
gd-devel-2.0.35-27.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
gd-debuginfo-2.0.35-27.amzn2.0.1.x86_64