Cannot install php5-gd!!!

Manolis Kiagias sonic2000gr at gmail.com
Fri Jan 16 00:14:20 PST 2009


perikillo wrote:
>   Hi people.
>
>   I want to install some ports that depends this module php5-gd (phpmyadmin
> example), I update my ports every day, but I still  getting this error:
>
>   bacula# pwd
> /usr/ports/graphics/php5-gd
> bacula# make install clean
> ===>  php5-gd-5.2.8 has known vulnerabilities:
> => php5-gd -- uninitialized memory information disclosure vulnerability.
>    Reference: <
> http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/portaudit/58a3c266-db01-11dd-ae30-001cc0377035.html
>   
> => Please update your ports tree and try again.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/ports/graphics/php5-gd.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/ports/graphics/php5-gd.
>
>   I have been trying today, but no success, someone knows anything about
> this?
>
>   FreeBSD 6.1-p21
>
>   Thanks for your support!!!
>   

Well, it seems it suffers from an unpatched vulnerability.
You can  still install it if you really want to, using stg like:

make install clean -DDISABLE_VULNERABILITIES

but whether it would be wise to do so, is definitely questionable.


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