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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM USN-5378-3 Critical: XZ Utils Overwrite Risk

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Calendar Grey April 13, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Explore the Ubuntu Security Advisory USN-5378-3, which tackles the XZ Utils flaw enabling unrestricted file overwriting.
XZ Utils could be made to overwrite arbitrary files.

Summary

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security advisory file overwrite Ubuntu critical severity xz-utils

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2.16.04.1+esm1 Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2.14.04.1+esm1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5378-3

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5378-1

CVE-2022-1271

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April 13, 2022

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security advisory file overwrite Ubuntu critical severity xz-utils

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