USN-5378-2

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5378-2
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5378-2.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5378-2
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Published
2022-04-13T12:45:29.955642Z
Modified
2022-04-13T12:45:29.955642Z
Summary
xz-utils vulnerability
Details

Cleemy Desu Wayo discovered that XZ Utils incorrectly handled certain filenames. If a user or automated system were tricked into performing xzgrep operations with specially crafted filenames, a remote attacker could overwrite arbitrary files.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / xz-utils

Package

Name
xz-utils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/xz-utils@5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1?arch=src?distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

5.*

5.2.2-1.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "xzdec-dbgsym": "5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1",
            "liblzma5-dbgsym": "5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1",
            "liblzma5": "5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1",
            "liblzma-doc": "5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1",
            "xz-utils": "5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1",
            "xz-utils-dbgsym": "5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1",
            "xzdec": "5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1",
            "liblzma-dev": "5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / xz-utils

Package

Name
xz-utils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/xz-utils@5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1?arch=src?distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

5.*

5.2.4-1
5.2.4-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "xzdec-dbgsym": "5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "liblzma5-dbgsym": "5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "liblzma5": "5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "liblzma-doc": "5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "xz-utils": "5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "xz-utils-dbgsym": "5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "xzdec": "5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "liblzma-dev": "5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ]
}