SB2016100412 - Denial of service in Boutell.Com, GD Graphics Library
Published: October 4, 2016 Updated: October 4, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016100412
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6905)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause denial of service on the target system.The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds reading error in function read_image_tga in gd_tga.c. Via impying of specially crafted TGA image attackers can trigger affected service deny.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service on the target system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.