USN-3728-1: libmspack vulnerabilities
1 August 2018
Several security issues were fixed in libmspack.
Releases
Packages
- libmspack - library for Microsoft compression formats
Details
Hanno Böck discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain CHM files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-14679, CVE-2018-14680)
Jakub Wilk discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain KWAJ files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-14681)
Dmitry Glavatskikh discovered that libmspack incorrectly certain CHM files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-14682)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.