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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS USN-2300-1 Critical LZO Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey July 24, 2014
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The LZO flaw poses risks such as system failures or unauthorized code execution on Ubuntu platforms. Immediate patching is crucial.
LZO could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted data.

Summary

LZO could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially

crafted data.

Software Description:

- lzo2: data compression library

Details:

Don A. Bailey discovered that LZO incorrectly handled certain input data.

An attacker could use this issue to cause LZO to crash, resulting in a

denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  liblzo2-2                       2.06-1.2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  liblzo2-2                       2.06-1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2300-1

CVE-2014-4607

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July 24, 2014

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security advisory denial of service critical issue ubuntu lzo

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lzo2/2.06-1.2ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lzo2/2.06-1ubuntu0.1

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