[pkg-GD-devel] Bug#824627: libgd2: CVE-2015-8874

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: libgd2
Version: 2.1.0-5
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream patch

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libgd2.

CVE-2015-8874[0]:
| Stack consumption vulnerability in GD in PHP before 5.6.12 allows
| remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted
| imagefilltoborder call.

It can be reproduced with the testcase from the php commit.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8874

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. I have not
checked older versions thatn the one in jessie.

Regards,
Salvatore