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openSUSE Security Update : libmspack (openSUSE-2019-1149)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 123778

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libmspack fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

 - CVE-2018-18584: The CAB block input buffer was one byte too small for the maximal Quantum block, leading to an out-of-bounds write. (bsc#1113038)

 - CVE-2018-18585: chmd_read_headers accepted a filename that has '\0' as its first or second character (such as the '/\0' name). (bsc#1113039)

 - Fix off-by-one bounds check on CHM PMGI/PMGL chunk numbers and reject empty filenames.

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected libmspack packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1113038

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1113039

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 123778

File Name: openSUSE-2019-1149.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/5/2019

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-18585

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmspack-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmspack-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmspack0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmspack0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmspack0-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmspack0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mspack-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mspack-tools-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/4/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-18584, CVE-2018-18585