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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2987-1)

🗓️ 01 Jun 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'libgd2' package(s) announced via the USN-2987-1 advisory. It was discovered that the GD library incorrectly handled certain color tables in XPM images, malformed GIF images, memory leaks, and certain malformed GD images, allowing attackers to cause denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842778");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-2497", "CVE-2014-9709", "CVE-2015-8874", "CVE-2015-8877", "CVE-2016-3074");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-06-01 03:24:20 +0000 (Wed, 01 Jun 2016)");
  script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:05+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:05 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2016-05-04 12:39:31 +0000 (Wed, 04 May 2016)");

  script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2987-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU(12\.04\ LTS|14\.04\ LTS|15\.10|16\.04\ LTS)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-2987-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2987-1");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'libgd2' package(s) announced via the USN-2987-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It was discovered that the GD library incorrectly handled certain color
tables in XPM images. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted XPM image, an attacker could cause a denial
of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
(CVE-2014-2497)

It was discovered that the GD library incorrectly handled certain malformed
GIF images. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted GIF image, an attacker could cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
(CVE-2014-9709)

It was discovered that the GD library incorrectly handled memory when using
gdImageFillToBorder(). A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-8874)

It was discovered that the GD library incorrectly handled memory when using
gdImageScaleTwoPass(). A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 15.10 and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-8877)

Hans Jerry Illikainen discovered that the GD library incorrectly handled
certain malformed GD images. If a user or automated system were tricked
into processing a specially crafted GD image, an attacker could cause a
denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-3074)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'libgd2' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 16.04.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "UBUNTU12.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libgd2-noxpm", ver:"2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6ubuntu2.1", rls:"UBUNTU12.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libgd2-xpm", ver:"2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6ubuntu2.1", rls:"UBUNTU12.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "UBUNTU14.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libgd3", ver:"2.1.0-3ubuntu0.1", rls:"UBUNTU14.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "UBUNTU15.10") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libgd3", ver:"2.1.1-4ubuntu0.15.10.1", rls:"UBUNTU15.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "UBUNTU16.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libgd3", ver:"2.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.1", rls:"UBUNTU16.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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