vulnerability

Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-18584: Security patch for libmspack (ALAS-2019-1310)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Oct 23, 2018
Added
Apr 27, 2020
Modified
Nov 27, 2024

Description

In mspack/cab.h in libmspack before 0.8alpha and cabextract before 1.8, the CAB block input buffer is one byte too small for the maximal Quantum block, leading to an out-of-bounds write.

Solutions

amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libmspackamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libmspack-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libmspack-devel
Title
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