--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2020-deff052e7a
2020-08-28 14:57:45.933599
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name        : golang-github-ulikunitz-xz
Product     : Fedora 31
Version     : 0.5.8
Release     : 1.fc31
URL         : https://github.com/ulikunitz/xz
Summary     : Pure golang package for reading and writing xz-compressed files
Description :

This Go language package supports the reading and writing of xz compressed
streams. It includes also a gxz command for compressing and decompressing data.
The package is completely written in Go and doesn't have any dependency on any C
code.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information:

* The `readUvarint` function would run infinitely given specific input. The
function is now terminating if more than 10 bytes of input have been read. Fixes
[issue #35](https://github.com/ulikunitz/xz/issues/35) (CVE-2020-16845). *
Supports the check-ID None and fixes "Checksum None is invalid" [issue
#27](https://github.com/ulikunitz/xz/issues/27).
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog:

* Thu Aug 20 2020 Dominik Mierzejewski  - 0.5.8-1
- Release 0.5.8 (#1870433)
- fixes CVE-2020-16845
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1867099 - CVE-2020-16845 golang: ReadUvarint and ReadVarint can read an unlimited number of bytes from invalid inputs
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1867099
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