MGASA-2018-0111

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    MGASA-2018-0111

    Published: 6 Feb 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-5345

    Summary: Updated gcab packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that gcab is prone to a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability when extracting .cab files. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial-of-service or, potentially the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running gcab, if a specially crafted .cab file is processed (CVE-2018-5345).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0111.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22459, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4095

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gcab

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/gcab?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.4-6.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High