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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2977-1 xz-utils -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

10 Apr 2022

Affected Packages:

xz-utils

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 1009167.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-1271.

More information:

An arbitrary-file-write vulnerability was discovered in xz-utils, which provides XZ-format compression utilities.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 5.2.2-1.2+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your xz-utils packages.

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

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