Medium: gd

Issue Overview:

An integer overflow, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow was found in the imagecreatefromgd2() function of PHP’s gd extension. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash a PHP application or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running that PHP application, using gd via a specially crafted GD2 image. (CVE-2016-5766)

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.aarch64  
    gd-progs-2.0.35-27.amzn2.aarch64  
    gd-devel-2.0.35-27.amzn2.aarch64  
    gd-debuginfo-2.0.35-27.amzn2.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    gd-2.0.35-27.amzn2.i686  
    gd-progs-2.0.35-27.amzn2.i686  
    gd-devel-2.0.35-27.amzn2.i686  
    gd-debuginfo-2.0.35-27.amzn2.i686  
  
src:  
    gd-2.0.35-27.amzn2.src  
  
x86_64:  
    gd-2.0.35-27.amzn2.x86_64  
    gd-progs-2.0.35-27.amzn2.x86_64  
    gd-devel-2.0.35-27.amzn2.x86_64  
    gd-debuginfo-2.0.35-27.amzn2.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2016-5766

Mitre: CVE-2016-5766