1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4568-1

USN-4568-1: Brotli vulnerability

Publication date

5 October 2020

Overview

Brotli could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted input.

Releases

Packages

  • brotli - lossless compression algorithm and format (command line utility)

Details

It was discovered that Brotli incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash.

It was discovered that Brotli incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
20.04 focal brotli –  1.0.7-6ubuntu0.1
libbrotli1 –  1.0.7-6ubuntu0.1
python3-brotli –  1.0.7-6ubuntu0.1
18.04 bionic brotli –  1.0.3-1ubuntu1.3
libbrotli1 –  1.0.3-1ubuntu1.3
python-brotli –  1.0.3-1ubuntu1.3
python3-brotli –  1.0.3-1ubuntu1.3
16.04 xenial brotli –  1.0.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.2
libbrotli1 –  1.0.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.2
python-brotli –  1.0.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.2
python3-brotli –  1.0.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.2

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