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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS USN-5171-1: lrzip Denial Of Service Notice

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Calendar Grey December 6, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Alert notification USN-5171-1 highlights lrzip flaws and their repercussions on Ubuntu platforms. Upgrade to mitigate risks.
Several security issues were fixed in Long Range ZIP.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Long Range ZIP.

Software Description:

- lrzip: compression program with a very high compression ratio

Details:

It was discovered that Long Range ZIP incorrectly handled certain

specially crafted lrz files. A remote attacker could possibly use this

issue to cause a denial of service (crash) or other unspecified impact.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu update instructions lrzip

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  lrzip                           0.631-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5171-1

CVE-2017-8844, CVE-2017-8846, CVE-2017-9928, CVE-2017-9929,

CVE-2018-10685, CVE-2018-11496, CVE-2018-5650, CVE-2018-5747,

CVE-2018-5786

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December 06, 2021

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu update instructions lrzip

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lrzip/0.631-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1

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