OESA-2022-1613

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OESA-2022-1613

Summary: gd security update

Details: The gd graphics library allows your code to quickly draw images complete with lines, arcs, text, multiple colors, cut and paste from other images, and flood fills, and to write out the result as a PNG or JPEG file. The most common applications of GD involve website development, although it can be used with any standalone application! Security Fix(es): ** 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)

References: https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin/detail.html?id=openEuler-SA-2022-1613, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40145