Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2976-1 gzip -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

10 Apr 2022

Affected Packages:

gzip

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 1009168.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-1271.

More information:

An arbitrary-file-write vulnerability was discovered in gzip, which provides GNU compression utilities.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.6-5+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your gzip packages.

For the detailed security status of gzip please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/gzip

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS