GD: Multiple vulnerabilities

GD: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GD, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. gd December 04, 2016 December 04, 2016: 1 587662 587968 592720 592722 local, remote 2.2.3 2.2.3

GD is a graphic library for fast image creation.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GD. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All gd users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/gd-2.2.3"

CVE-2016-5766 CVE-2016-6128 CVE-2016-6132 CVE-2016-6207 CVE-2016-7568 b-man whissi