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openSUSE 15.3: 2021:2802-1 Moderate: Libmspack DoS Risk Mitigated

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Calendar Grey August 20, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
openSUSE Leap 15.3 update mitigates libmspack vulnerabilities addressing significant stability risks.
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)

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 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2021-2802=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

libmspack-debugsource-0.6-3.11.1

libmspack-devel-0.6-3.11.1

libmspack0-0.6-3.11.1

libmspack0-debuginfo-0.6-3.11.1

mspack-tools-0.6-3.11.1

mspack-tools-debuginfo-0.6-3.11.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64):

libmspack0-32bit-0.6-3.11.1

libmspack0-32bit-debuginfo-0.6-3.11.1

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-2021:2802-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.3 .

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