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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-2756 Detail

Description

The gdPngReadData function in libgd 2.0.34 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted PNG image with truncated data, which causes an infinite loop in the png_read_info function in libpng.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (05/22/2007)

Red Hat does not consider this flaw to be a security vulnerability. We are not aware of any long running processes using libgd which could not recover from this condition.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.libgd.org/?do=details&task_id=86 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01178795 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-07/msg00006.html CVE, MITRE
http://osvdb.org/35788 CVE, MITRE
http://osvdb.org/36643 CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0889.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25353 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25362 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25378 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25535 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25575 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25590 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25646 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25657 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25658 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25787 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/25855 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/26048 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/26231 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/26390 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/26871 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/26895 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/26930 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/26967 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27037 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27102 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27110 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27545 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29157 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30168 CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-05.xml CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-34.xml CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xml CVE, MITRE
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.482863 CVE, MITRE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-449.htm CVE, MITRE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.libgd.org/ReleaseNote020035 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:122 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:123 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:124 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:187 CVE, MITRE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_sr.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.020.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_3.php CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0890.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0891.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0146.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24089 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018187 CVE, MITRE
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0019/ CVE, MITRE
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0023/ CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-473-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1904 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1905 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2016 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2336 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3386 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34420 CVE, MITRE
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1394 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10779 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00354.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00397.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-2756
NVD Published Date:
05/18/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE