Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libmspack-devel package, versions <0:0.5-0.6.alpha.el7
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed26 Nov 2017
Introduced: 26 Nov 2017
CVE-2018-14681 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7 libmspack-devel to version 0:0.5-0.6.alpha.el7 or higher.
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 Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in kwajd_read_headers in mspack/kwajd.c in libmspack before 0.7alpha. Bad KWAJ file header extensions could cause a one or two byte overwrite.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14681
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4260
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-20
- https://bugs.debian.org/904799
- https://github.com/kyz/libmspack/commit/0b0ef9344255ff5acfac6b7af09198ac9c9756c8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/26/1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00007.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3327
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041410
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3728-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3728-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3728-3/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3789-2/