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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : libmspack vulnerabilities (USN-7788-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 266398

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7788-1 advisory.

 Jakub Wilk discovered that libmspack did not correctly handle certain integer operations and bounds checking. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-4467, CVE-2015-4468, CVE-2015-4469, CVE-2015-4472)

 It was discovered that 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-2017-11423)

 It was discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain malformed CHM files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause libmspack to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-6419)

 Hanno Bck discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain CHM files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-14679, CVE-2018-14680)

 Jakub Wilk discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain KWAJ files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-14681)

 Dmitry Glavatskikh discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain CHM files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-14682)

 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-2018-18585)

 It was discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain CHM files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. (CVE-2019-1010305)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected libmspack-dev and / or libmspack0 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7788-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 266398

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7788-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/2/2025

Updated: 10/2/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14682

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmspack-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libmspack0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/6/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-4467, CVE-2015-4468, CVE-2015-4469, CVE-2015-4472, CVE-2017-11423, CVE-2017-6419, CVE-2018-14679, CVE-2018-14680, CVE-2018-14681, CVE-2018-14682, CVE-2018-18585, CVE-2019-1010305

USN: 7788-1