[slackware-security] gd

New gd packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to
fix security issues.

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:

patches/packages/gd-2.2.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
Fixes security issues:
gdImageCreate() doesn’t check for oversized images and as such is prone to
DoS vulnerabilities. (CVE-2016-9317)
double-free in gdImageWebPtr() (CVE-2016-6912)
potential unsigned underflow in gd_interpolation.c (CVE-2016-10166)
DOS vulnerability in gdImageCreateFromGd2Ctx() (CVE-2016-10167)
Signed Integer Overflow gd_io.c (CVE-2016-10168)
For more information, see:
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2016-9317
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2016-6912
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2016-10166
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2016-10167
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2016-10168
(* Security fix *)

Where to find the new packages:

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the “Get Slack” section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/gd-2.2.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/gd-2.2.4-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/gd-2.2.4-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/gd-2.2.4-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:

Slackware 14.2 package:
21e9b5cb669f9d5ab687520335c0c2ab gd-2.2.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
86429d33e59bd6f819c0757c923d58c7 gd-2.2.4-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
3c2e50dcc5cbd4f895186cf096500a9f l/gd-2.2.4-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
26cd09da8385e8607795aaedfdb5758a l/gd-2.2.4-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:

Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg gd-2.2.4-i586-1_slack14.2.txz