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High ALAS2-2023-2044 1 CVE

Important: gd security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published May 11, 2023 · Updated May 16, 2023

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-40145: ** DISPUTED ** gdImageGd2Ptr in gd_gd2.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) through 2.3.2 has a double free. NOTE: the vendor's position is "The GD2 image format is a proprietary image format of libgd. It has to be regarded as being obsolete, and should only be used for development and testing purposes."

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 gd 0:2.0.35-27.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 gd-debuginfo 0:2.0.35-27.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 gd-devel 0:2.0.35-27.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 gd-progs 0:2.0.35-27.amzn2.0.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-40145.html