Package: cabextract Version: 1.2-4 Severity: grave Tags: security The following was sent to us by Red Hat:
1, Infinite loop in MS-ZIP and Quantum decoders (minor issue): (CVE-2010-2800) A deficiency has been reported in the way cabextract extracted certain Cabinet (*.cab) files, using the MZ-ZIP and Quantum decompressors. If a local user was tricked into opening a specially-crafted *.cab file, it could lead to infinite loop. References: [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329891 Upstream patches: [2] http://libmspack.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libmspack?view=revision&revision=90 [3] http://libmspack.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libmspack?view=revision&revision=95 [4] http://libmspack.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libmspack/libmspack/trunk/mspack/ 2, Integer wrap-around (crash) by processing certain *.cab files in test archive mode (CVE-2010-2801) An integer wrap-around flaw has been reported in the way cabextract processed certain Cabinet (*.cab) archive files. If a local user was tricked into opening a specially-crafted *.cab archive in test archive mode, it could lead to cabextract executable crash. References: [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329891 Upstream patches: [2] http://libmspack.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libmspack/libmspack/trunk/mspack/qtmd.c?r1=114&r2=113 [3] http://libmspack.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libmspack?view=revision&revision=118 I'll update CVE-2010-2801 for stable-security, CVE-2010-2800 is borderline of a security issue. Cheers, Moritz -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, lc_ctype=de_de.iso-8859...@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages cabextract depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib cabextract recommends no packages. cabextract suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
