Important: gd

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

Issue Correction:
Run yum update gd to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    gd-devel-2.0.35-11.11.amzn1.i686  
    gd-2.0.35-11.11.amzn1.i686  
    gd-progs-2.0.35-11.11.amzn1.i686  
    gd-debuginfo-2.0.35-11.11.amzn1.i686  
  
src:  
    gd-2.0.35-11.11.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    gd-devel-2.0.35-11.11.amzn1.x86_64  
    gd-2.0.35-11.11.amzn1.x86_64  
    gd-progs-2.0.35-11.11.amzn1.x86_64  
    gd-debuginfo-2.0.35-11.11.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2021-40145

Mitre: CVE-2021-40145