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RedHat: RHSA-2020-3848-01 Low: Libmspack Buffer Overflow Issue

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Calendar Grey September 29, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
SUSE unveils critical security patch for libmspack to mitigate buffer overflow risks in SLES 12.
An update for libmspack is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The libmspack packages contain a library providing compression and extraction of the Cabinet (CAB) file format used by Microsoft.
Security Fix(es):
* libmspack: buffer overflow in function chmd_read_headers() (CVE-2019-1010305)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat buffer overflow low severity libmspack update

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-1010305 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.9_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: libmspack-0.5-0.8.alpha.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: libmspack-0.5-0.8.alpha.el7.i686.rpm libmspack-0.5-0.8.alpha.el7.x86_64.rpm libmspack-debuginfo-0.5-0.8.alpha.el7.i686.rpm libmspack-debuginfo-0.5-0.8.alpha.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: libmspack-debuginfo-0.5-0.8.alpha.el7.i686.rpm libmspack-debuginfo-0.5-0.8.alpha.el7.x86_64.rpm libmspack-devel-0.5-0.8.alpha.el7.i686.rpm libmspack-devel-0.5-0.8.alpha.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: libmspack-0.5-0.8.alpha.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: libmspack-0.5-0.8.alpha.el7.i686.rpm libmspack-0.5-0.8.alpha.el7.x86_64.rpm libmspack-debuginfo-0.5-0.8.alpha.el7.i686.rpm libmspack-debuginfo-0.5-0.8.alpha.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: libmspack-debuginfo-0.5-0.8.alpha.el7.i686.rpm libmspack-debuginfo-0.5-0.8.alpha.el7.x86_64.rpm libmspack-devel-0.5-0.8.alpha.el7.i686.rpm libmspack-devel-0.5-0.8.alpha.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: libmspack-0.5-0.8.alpha.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: libmspack-0.5-0.8.alpha.el7.i686.rpm libmspack-0.5-0.8.alpha.el7.x86_64.rpm libmspack-debuginfo-0.5-0.8.alpha.el7.i686.rpm libmspack-debuginfo-0.5-0.8.alpha.el7.x86_64.rpm


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:3848-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3848
Issue date: 2020-09-29

Topic

An update for libmspack is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat buffer overflow low severity libmspack update

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1730568 - CVE-2019-1010305 libmspack: buffer overflow in function chmd_read_headers()

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