Amazon Linux 2 : libmspack (ALAS-2019-1152)
Medium Nessus Plugin ID 121365
Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.
Description
An issue was discovered in mspack/chmd.c in libmspack before 0.7alpha.
There is an off-by-one error in the TOLOWER() macro for CHM decompression.(CVE-2018-14682)
An issue was discovered in mspack/chmd.c in libmspack before 0.7alpha.
It does not reject blank CHM filenames.(CVE-2018-14680)
An issue was discovered in mspack/chmd.c in libmspack before 0.7alpha.
There is an off-by-one error in the CHM PMGI/PMGL chunk number validity checks, which could lead to denial of service (uninitialized data dereference and application crash).(CVE-2018-14679)
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.(CVE-2018-14681)
Solution
Run 'yum update libmspack' to update your system.