Package        : libmspack
Version        : 0.5-1+deb8u2
CVE ID         : CVE-2018-14681 CVE-2018-14682 CVE-2018-14679 CVE-2018-14680 
Debian Bugs    : #904799 #904800 #904801 #904802

It was discovered that there were several vulnerabilities in
libsmpack, a library used to handle Microsoft compression formats.

A remote attacker could craft malicious .CAB, .CHM or .KWAJ files
and use these flaws to cause a denial of service via application
crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code.

For Debian 8 "Jessie", this issue has been fixed in libmspack
version 0.5-1+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libmspack packages.


Regards,

- -- 
      ,''`.
     : :'  :     Chris Lamb
     `. `'`      lamby@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk
       `-

Debian LTS: DLA-1460-1: libmspack security update

August 6, 2018
It was discovered that there were several vulnerabilities in libsmpack, a library used to handle Microsoft compression formats

Summary

For Debian 8 "Jessie", this issue has been fixed in libmspack
version 0.5-1+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libmspack packages.


Regards,

- --
,''`.
: :' : Chris Lamb
`. `'` lamby@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk
`-



Severity
Package : libmspack
Version : 0.5-1+deb8u2
CVE ID : CVE-2018-14681 CVE-2018-14682 CVE-2018-14679 CVE-2018-14680

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