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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-18584: Moderate: libmspack security update (CESA-2019:2049)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-18584: Moderate: libmspack security update (CESA-2019:2049)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/23/2018
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-libmspack
  • centos-upgrade-libmspack-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-libmspack-devel

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