Secure testing team - Aug 2010 - Bug#591552: Two security issues

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

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Versions of packages cabextract depends on:
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