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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-14681: cabextract, libmspack: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-14681: cabextract, libmspack: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/28/2018
Created
04/22/2019
Added
03/29/2019
Modified
03/29/2019

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-arch-cabextract
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-libmspack

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