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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-2906 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/20500 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20571 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/20676 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/20853 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/20866 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/20887 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21050 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21186 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23783 CVE, MITRE
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1067 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1117 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:112 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:113 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:122 CVE, MITRE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_31_php.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436132 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18294 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0038 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2174 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26976 CVE, MITRE
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-939 CVE, MITRE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/298-1/ CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-2906
NVD Published Date:
06/08/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE