Vulnerability CVE-2006-2906
Published: 2006-06-08   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The 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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
libgd 2.0.33 infinite loop in GIF decoding
rocheml httrack ...
10.06.2006

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.4/10
6.9/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Thomas boutell -> Graphics draw library 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1067
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1117
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:112
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:113
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:122
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_31_php.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436132
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18294
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0038
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2174
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26976
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-939
https://usn.ubuntu.com/298-1/
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