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openSUSE Leap 15.2: 2021:1200-1 Moderate: Libmspack DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey August 25, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
OpenSUSE Security Patch for libmspack fixes four vulnerabilities classified as moderate risk. Urgent measures advised.
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available

Description

This update for libmspack fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2018-14681: Bad KWAJ file header extensions could cause a one or two

byte overwrite. (bsc#1103032)

- CVE-2018-14682: There is an off-by-one error in the TOLOWER() macro for

CHM decompression. (bsc#1103032)

- CVE-2018-14679: There is an off-by-one error in the CHM PMGI/PMGL chunk

number validity checks, which could lead to denial of service.

(bsc#1103032)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-1200=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (i586 x86_64):

libmspack-debugsource-0.6-lp152.6.3.1

libmspack-devel-0.6-lp152.6.3.1

libmspack0-0.6-lp152.6.3.1

libmspack0-debuginfo-0.6-lp152.6.3.1

mspack-tools-0.6-lp152.6.3.1

mspack-tools-debuginfo-0.6-lp152.6.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

libmspack0-32bit-0.6-lp152.6.3.1

libmspack0-32bit-debuginfo-0.6-lp152.6.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14679.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14681.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14682.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1103032

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1200-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 .

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