Several security issues were fixed in libmspack.
Hanno Böck discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain CHM files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-14679, CVE-2018-14680)
1 August 2018
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in libmspack.
Hanno Böck discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain CHM files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-14679, CVE-2018-14680)
Jakub Wilk discovered that libmspack incorrectly handled certain KWAJ files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-14681)
Dmitry Glavatskikh discovered that libmspack incorrectly certain CHM files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-14682)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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.
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