Off-by-one Error Affecting libmspack-devel package, versions <0:0.5-0.6.alpha.el7


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.76% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-LIBMSPACKDEVEL-2527445
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed28 Jul 2018

Introduced: 28 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-14682  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-193  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 libmspack-devel to version 0:0.5-0.6.alpha.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2018-3327.

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 Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in mspack/chmd.c in libmspack before 0.7alpha. There is an off-by-one error in the TOLOWER() macro for CHM decompression.