USN-5068-1

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    USN-5068-1

    Published: 8 Sept 2021Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: libgd2 vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that GD Graphics Library incorrectly handled certain GD and GD2 files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-6363) It was discovered that GD Graphics Library incorrectly handled certain TGA files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or expose sensitive information. (CVE-2021-381) It was discovered that GD Graphics Library incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. (CVE-2021-40145)

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libgd2

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libgd2?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.0-3ubuntu0.11+esm2

    Affected versions

    2.1.0-2
    2.1.0-3
    2.1.0-3ubuntu0.1
    2.1.0-3ubuntu0.2
    2.1.0-3ubuntu0.3
    2.1.0-3ubuntu0.5
    2.1.0-3ubuntu0.6
    2.1.0-3ubuntu0.7
    2.1.0-3ubuntu0.8
    2.1.0-3ubuntu0.10
    2.1.0-3ubuntu0.11
    2.1.0-3ubuntu0.11+esm1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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