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Scientific Linux 7: SLSA-2018-0350-1 Important: gcab Stack Smashing Issue

Calendar Feb 26, 2018 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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gcab: Extracting malformed .cab files causes stack smashing potentially leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2018-5345) SL7 x86_64 gcab-debuginfo-0.7-4.el7_4.i686.rpm gcab-debuginfo-0.7-4.el7_4.x86_64.rpm libgcab1-0.7-4.el7_4.i686.rpm libgcab1-0.7-4.el7_4.x86_64.rpm gcab-0.7-4.el7_4.x86_64.rpm libgcab1-devel-0.7-4.el7_4.i686.rpm libgcab1-devel-0.7-4.el7_4.x86 [More...] 
Synopsis:          Important: gcab security update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2018:0350-1
Issue Date:        2018-02-26
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2018-5345
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Security Fix(es):

* gcab: Extracting malformed .cab files causes stack smashing potentially
leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2018-5345)
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SL7
  x86_64
    gcab-debuginfo-0.7-4.el7_4.i686.rpm
    gcab-debuginfo-0.7-4.el7_4.x86_64.rpm
    libgcab1-0.7-4.el7_4.i686.rpm
    libgcab1-0.7-4.el7_4.x86_64.rpm
    gcab-0.7-4.el7_4.x86_64.rpm
    libgcab1-devel-0.7-4.el7_4.i686.rpm
    libgcab1-devel-0.7-4.el7_4.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team