GLSA 201903-20: cabextract, libmspack: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	cabextract, libmspack: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	03/28/2019
Bugs:	#662874, #669280
ID:	201903-20

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in cabextract and libmspack, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service.

Background

cabextract is free software for extracting Microsoft cabinet files.

libmspack is a portable library for some loosely related Microsoft compression formats

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-arch/cabextract	< 1.8	>= 1.8	All supported architectures
dev-libs/libmspack	< 0.8_alpha	>= 0.8_alpha	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE’s for details.

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-1.8"

All libmspack users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libmspack-0.8_alpha"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201903-20.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.