Description
The MS-ZIP decompressor in cabextract before 1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed MSZIP archive in a .cab file during a (1) test or (2) extract action, related to the libmspack library.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | cabextract | 1.3-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | cabextract | 1.3-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | cabextract | 1.3-1 | — |
References
- ADV-2010-1903 vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20100802 CVE Request [two ids] -- cabextract -- 1, Infinite loop in MS-ZIP and Quantum decoders (minor) 2, Integer wrap-around (crash) by processing certain *.cab files in test archive mode mailing-list
- http://libmspack.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libmspack?view=revision&revision=95
- http://libmspack.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libmspack?view=revision&revision=90
- [oss-security] 20100802 Re: CVE Request [two ids] -- cabextract -- 1, Infinite loop in MS-ZIP and Quantum decoders (minor) 2, Integer wrap-around (crash) by processing certain *.cab files in test archive mode mailing-list
- http://www.cabextract.org.uk/#changes
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329891
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620450