Directory Traversal Affecting libmspack package, versions <0.8-1
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- published28 Oct 2018
- disclosed23 Oct 2018
Introduced: 23 Oct 2018
CVE-2018-18586 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable libmspack to version 0.8-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libmspack package and not the libmspack package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
chmextract.c in the chmextract sample program, as distributed with libmspack before 0.8alpha, does not protect against absolute/relative pathnames in CHM files, leading to Directory Traversal. NOTE: the vendor disputes that this is a libmspack vulnerability, because chmextract.c was only intended as a source-code example, not a supported application
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18586
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18586
- https://bugs.debian.org/911639
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-20
- https://github.com/kyz/libmspack/commit/7cadd489698be117c47efcadd742651594429e6d
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/22/1