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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-14679: cabextract, libmspack: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-14679: cabextract, libmspack: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/28/2018
Created
04/22/2019
Added
03/29/2019
Modified
03/29/2019

Description

An issue was discovered in mspack/chmd.c in libmspack before 0.7alpha. There is an off-by-one error in the CHM PMGI/PMGL chunk number validity checks, which could lead to denial of service (uninitialized data dereference and application crash).

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-arch-cabextract
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-libmspack

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