1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3394-1

USN-3394-1: libmspack vulnerabilities

Publication date

17 August 2017

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in libmspack.

Releases

Packages

  • libmspack - library for Microsoft compression formats

Details

It was discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain malformed CHM
files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libmspack to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-6419)

It was discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain malformed CAB
files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libmspack to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6419)

It was discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain malformed CHM
files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libmspack to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-6419)

It was discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain malformed CAB
files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libmspack to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6419)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
17.04 zesty libmspack0 –  0.5-1ubuntu0.17.04.1
16.04 xenial libmspack0 –  0.5-1ubuntu0.16.04.1

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