MGASA-2019-0013 - Updated libextractor packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 05 Jan 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0013.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2018-20430,
     CVE-2018-20431

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in libextractor which may lead
to denial of service or memory disclosure if a malformed OLE file is
processed (CVE-2018-20430, CVE-2018-20431).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24093
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4361
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20430
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20431

SRPMS:
- 6/core/libextractor-1.7-1.1.mga6

Mageia 2019-0013: libextractor security update

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in libextractor which may lead to denial of service or memory disclosure if a malformed OLE file is processed (CVE-2018-20430, CVE-2018-2043...

Summary

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in libextractor which may lead to denial of service or memory disclosure if a malformed OLE file is processed (CVE-2018-20430, CVE-2018-20431).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24093

- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4361

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20430

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20431

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0013 - Updated libextractor packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 6/core/libextractor-1.7-1.1.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 05 Jan 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0013.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-20430, CVE-2018-20431

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