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?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": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "liblzma-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "liblzma-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "liblzma5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "liblzma5-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "xz-utils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "xz-utils-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "xzdec"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.2.2-1.3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "xzdec-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / xz-utils

Package

Name
xz-utils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/xz-utils?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": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "liblzma-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "liblzma-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "liblzma5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "liblzma5-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "xz-utils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "xz-utils-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "xzdec"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "xzdec-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}