Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for libmspack and cabextract. This fixes two vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for libmspack and cabextract
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA41641
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2010-09-29
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DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for libmspack and cabextract. This fixes
two vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a user's
system.
For more information:
SA40719
SA40854
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update libmspack
cabextract").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-14634:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libmspack-0.2-0.1.20100723alpha.fc12,cabextract-1.3-1.fc12
FEDORA-2010-14722:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libmspack-0.2-0.1.20100723alpha.fc13,cabextract-1.3-1.fc13
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