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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201903-20
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: cabextract, libmspack: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: March 28, 2019
     Bugs: #662874, #669280
       ID: 201903-20

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in cabextract and libmspack,
the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service.

Background
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cabextract is free software for extracting Microsoft cabinet files.

libmspack is a portable library for some loosely related Microsoft
compression formats

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  app-arch/cabextract           < 1.8                       >= 1.8 
  2  dev-libs/libmspack         < 0.8_alpha              >= 0.8_alpha 
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     2 affected packages

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in cabextract and
libmspack. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for
details.

Impact
======

Please review the referenced CVE's for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All cabextract users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/cabextract-1.8"

All libmspack users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libmspack-0.8_alpha"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2018-14679
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14679
[ 2 ] CVE-2018-14680
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14680
[ 3 ] CVE-2018-14681
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14681
[ 4 ] CVE-2018-14682
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14682
[ 5 ] CVE-2018-18584
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18584
[ 6 ] CVE-2018-18585
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18585
[ 7 ] CVE-2018-18586
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18586

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-20

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5