Synopsis:          Low: libmspack security update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2018:3327-1
Issue Date:        2018-10-30
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2018-14679
                   CVE-2018-14681
                   CVE-2018-14680
                   CVE-2018-14682
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Security Fix(es):

* libmspack: off-by-one error in the CHM PMGI/PMGL chunk number validity
checks (CVE-2018-14679)

* libmspack: off-by-one error in the CHM chunk number validity checks
(CVE-2018-14680)

* libmspack: out-of-bounds write in kwajd_read_headers in mspack/kwajd.c
(CVE-2018-14681)

* libmspack: off-by-one error in the TOLOWER() macro for CHM decompression
(CVE-2018-14682)
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SL7
  x86_64
    libmspack-0.5-0.6.alpha.el7.i686.rpm
    libmspack-0.5-0.6.alpha.el7.x86_64.rpm
    libmspack-debuginfo-0.5-0.6.alpha.el7.i686.rpm
    libmspack-debuginfo-0.5-0.6.alpha.el7.x86_64.rpm
    libmspack-devel-0.5-0.6.alpha.el7.i686.rpm
    libmspack-devel-0.5-0.6.alpha.el7.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team

SciLinux: SLSA-2018-3327-1 Low: libmspack on SL7.x x86_64

libmspack: off-by-one error in the CHM PMGI/PMGL chunk number validity checks (CVE-2018-14679) * libmspack: off-by-one error in the CHM chunk number validity checks (CVE-2018-14680...

Summary

Low: libmspack security update



Security Fixes

* libmspack: off-by-one error in the CHM PMGI/PMGL chunk number validity checks (CVE-2018-14679)
* libmspack: off-by-one error in the CHM chunk number validity checks (CVE-2018-14680)
* libmspack: out-of-bounds write in kwajd_read_headers in mspack/kwajd.c (CVE-2018-14681)
* libmspack: off-by-one error in the TOLOWER() macro for CHM decompression (CVE-2018-14682)
SL7 x86_64 libmspack-0.5-0.6.alpha.el7.i686.rpm libmspack-0.5-0.6.alpha.el7.x86_64.rpm libmspack-debuginfo-0.5-0.6.alpha.el7.i686.rpm libmspack-debuginfo-0.5-0.6.alpha.el7.x86_64.rpm libmspack-devel-0.5-0.6.alpha.el7.i686.rpm libmspack-devel-0.5-0.6.alpha.el7.x86_64.rpm
- Scientific Linux Development Team

Severity
Advisory ID: SLSA-2018:3327-1
Issued Date: : 2018-10-30
CVE Numbers: CVE-2018-14679
CVE-2018-14681
CVE-2018-14680

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