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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5123-1 xz-utils -- security update

Date Reported:

18 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:

cleemy desu wayo reported that incorrect handling of filenames by xzgrep in xz-utils, the XZ-format compression utilities, can result in overwrite of arbitrary files or execution of arbitrary code if a file with a specially crafted filename is processed.

For the oldstable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 5.2.4-1+deb10u1.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 5.2.5-2.1~deb11u1.

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