CVE-2020-22916 Affecting xz-utils package, versions *
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- published 24 Aug 2023
- disclosed 22 Aug 2023
Introduced: 22 Aug 2023
CVE-2020-22916 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04
xz-utils
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xz-utils
package and not the xz-utils
package as distributed by Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:16.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue discovered in XZ 5.2.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via decompression of a crafted file. NOTE: the vendor disputes the claims of "endless output" and "denial of service" because decompression of the 17,486 bytes always results in 114,881,179 bytes, which is often a reasonable size increase.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-22916
- https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability
- https://tukaani.org/xz/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2234987
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214590
- https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz/issues/61
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-22916
- http://web.archive.org/web/20230918084612/https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability