Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
A flaw in libgd2 was found by Xavier Roche where it would not correctly validate PNG callback results. If an application linked against libgd2 was tricked into processing a specially-crafted PNG file, it could cause a denial of service scenario via CPU resource consumption.
The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue.
Affected
gd on Mandriva Linux 2007.0,
Mandriva Linux 2007.0/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2007.1,
Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2007-2756 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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