CVE-2016-1903

Publication date 19 January 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

The gdImageRotateInterpolated function in ext/gd/libgd/gd_interpolation.c in PHP before 5.5.31, 5.6.x before 5.6.17, and 7.x before 7.0.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a large bgd_color argument to the imagerotate function.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libgd2	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
php5	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	15.10 wily	Fixed 5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2
	15.04 vivid	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.16
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
php7.0	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not in release
	15.04 vivid	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

php uses the system libgd2, patches added to php packages have no effect. introduced by https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/07e52857b5f7a65c1552628e14a8a6aeeea24508 in php. Looks like a php-specific issue, not in libgd2.

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
php5	Upstream: 4bb4223 Upstream: 2baeb16 Upstream: aa8d3a8

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.1 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H