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Debian DLA-1460-1 : libmspack security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 111556

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there were several vulnerabilities in libsmpack, a library used to handle Microsoft compression formats.

A remote attacker could craft malicious .CAB, .CHM or .KWAJ files and use these flaws to cause a denial of service via application crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this issue has been fixed in libmspack version 0.5-1+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libmspack packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00007.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/libmspack

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111556

File Name: debian_DLA-1460.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/7/2018

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmspack-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmspack-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmspack-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmspack0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14679, CVE-2018-14680, CVE-2018-14681, CVE-2018-14682