USN-3814-1: libmspack vulnerabilities
12 November 2018
Several security issues were fixed in libmspack.
Releases
Packages
- libmspack - library for Microsoft compression formats
Details
It was discovered 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-2018-18584, CVE-2018-18585)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 18.10
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-3814-2: clamav-base, clamav, clamav-freshclam, clamav-docs, clamav-daemon, clamav-testfiles, libclamav7, libclamav-dev, clamav-milter
- USN-3814-3: clamav