CVE-2006-2906

Summary

CVECVE-2006-2906
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-06-08 16:06:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-03 21:43:00 UTC
DescriptionThe LZW decoding in the gdImageCreateFromGifPtr function in the Thomas Boutell graphics draw (GD) library (aka libgd) 2.0.33 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via malformed GIF data that causes an infinite loop.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Thomas Boutell Graphics Draw Library 2.0.33 All All All
Application Thomas Boutell Graphics Draw Library 2.0.33 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mandriva update for tetex - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1117-1 libgd2 DEBIAN www.debian.org
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
[#RPL-939] security patch(es) for gd not included (CVE-2004-0990 CVE-2006-2906) - rPath Issue Tracking System CONFIRM issues.rpath.com
Ubuntu update for libgd2 - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
rPath update for gd - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - SUSE update for php4 / php5 SECUNIA secunia.com
GD Graphics Library GIF File Handling Denial of Service - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian update for libgd2 - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
SecurityReason - libgd 2.0.33 infinite loop in GIF decoding SREASON securityreason.com
GD Graphics Library Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Mandriva update for php - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Mandriva update for gd - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Trustix updates for gd / mutt - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
USN-298-1: libgd2 vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
2006-0038 TRUSTIX www.trustix.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-03-14Mark J CoxRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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