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Debian DLA-2805-1 : libmspack - LTS security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 154754

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2805 advisory.

 - libmspack 0.9.1alpha is affected by: Buffer Overflow. The impact is: Information Disclosure. The component is: function chmd_read_headers() in libmspack(file libmspack/mspack/chmd.c). The attack vector is: the victim must open a specially crafted chm file. The fixed version is: after commit 2f084136cfe0d05e5bf5703f3e83c6d955234b4d. (CVE-2019-1010305)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the libmspack packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 0.5-1+deb9u4.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libmspack

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2021/dla-2805

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-1010305

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 154754

File Name: debian_DLA-2805.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/31/2021

Updated: 11/27/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1010305

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

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:9.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/31/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/15/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1010305