Package : libgd2 Vulnerability : integer overflows Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2004-0990 BugTraq ID : 11523
"infamous41md" discovered several integer overflows in the PNG image decoding routines of the GD graphics library. This could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the victim's machine.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.4-17.woody3 of libgd1 and in version 2.0.1-10woody1 of libgd2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your libgd2 packages.
Upgrade Instructions --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody --------------------------------