Out-of-Bounds Affecting libmspack-devel package, versions <0:0.5-0.8.alpha.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-LIBMSPACKDEVEL-1687694
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed15 Jul 2019

Introduced: 15 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-1010305  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 libmspack-devel to version 0:0.5-0.8.alpha.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1525.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libmspack-devel package and not the libmspack-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

libmspack 0.9.1alpha is affected by: Buffer Overflow. The impact is: Information Disclosure. The component is: function chmd_read_headers() in libmspack(file libmspack/mspack/chmd.c). The attack vector is: the victim must open a specially crafted chm file. The fixed version is: after commit 2f084136cfe0d05e5bf5703f3e83c6d955234b4d.

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