USN-3814-1: libmspack vulnerabilities
libmspack vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in libmspack.
Software Description
- libmspack – library for Microsoft compression formats
Details
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-2018-18584, CVE-2018-18585)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- libmspack0 – 0.7-1ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libmspack0 – 0.6-3ubuntu0.2
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libmspack0 – 0.5-1ubuntu0.16.04.3
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3814-1: libmspack vulnerabilities
