GLSA 201312-09: cabextract: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	cabextract: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	12/14/2013
Bugs:	#329891
ID:	201312-09

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in cabextract, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

cabextract is free software for extracting Microsoft cabinet files.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-arch/cabextract	< 1.3	>= 1.3	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in cabextract. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially-crafted archive in a .cab file, related to the libmspack library, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All cabextract users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/cabextract-1.3"

NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since August 03, 2010. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201312-09.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.