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Debian: DSA-5122-1 Urgent: Gzip Overwrite Threat and Fix

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Calendar Grey April 18, 2022
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-5143-2 addressing vulnerabilities in tar that could lead to unauthorized file access or remote code execution risks.
cleemy desu wayo reported that incorrect handling of filenames by zgrep in gzip, the GNU compression utilities, can result in overwrite of arbitrary files or execution of arbitrary...
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security advisory software update Debian file overwrite arbitrary code gzip compression utilities

Summary

For the oldstable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.9-3+deb10u1.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.10-4+deb11u1.

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/source-package/gzip

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



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Package: gzip
CVE ID: CVE-2022-1271

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