Bug 1198541

Summary:	libmspack: hangs on a crafted CAB file
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Siddharth Sharma <sisharma>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	dan, jrusnack, pertusus
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	2019-06-08 02:39:26 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1198544
Bug Blocks:	1177010

Description Siddharth Sharma 2015-03-04 10:45:09 UTC

 A flaw was found in libmspack which makes libmspack hang going into infinite 
 loop. Attacker has to convince user to open malicious CAB file to execute  
 attack using this as attack vector, hence impact of this flaw is very low
 also attacker has to create malicious CAB file increasing complexity of such
 attack.

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 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=773041

Comment 1 Siddharth Sharma 2015-03-04 10:48:12 UTC

Created libmspack tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1198544]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 02:39:26 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.