ALAS2-2020-1525


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2020-1525
Advisory Release Date: 2020-10-22 18:14 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2020-10-22 22:35 Pacific
Severity: Low

Issue Overview:

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)


Affected Packages:

libmspack


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update libmspack to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    libmspack-0.5-0.8.alpha.amzn2.aarch64
    libmspack-devel-0.5-0.8.alpha.amzn2.aarch64
    libmspack-debuginfo-0.5-0.8.alpha.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    libmspack-0.5-0.8.alpha.amzn2.i686
    libmspack-devel-0.5-0.8.alpha.amzn2.i686
    libmspack-debuginfo-0.5-0.8.alpha.amzn2.i686

src:
    libmspack-0.5-0.8.alpha.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    libmspack-0.5-0.8.alpha.amzn2.x86_64
    libmspack-devel-0.5-0.8.alpha.amzn2.x86_64
    libmspack-debuginfo-0.5-0.8.alpha.amzn2.x86_64