1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5171-2

USN-5171-2: Long Range ZIP vulnerabilities

Publication date

9 December 2021

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Long Range ZIP.

Releases

Packages

  • lrzip - compression program with a very high compression ratio

Details

USN-5171-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Long Range ZIP.
This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Long Range ZIP incorrectly handled certain
specially crafted lrz files. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service (crash) or other unspecified impact.

USN-5171-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Long Range ZIP.
This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Long Range ZIP incorrectly handled certain
specially crafted lrz files. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service (crash) or other unspecified impact.

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
16.04 xenial lrzip –  0.621-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
14.04 trusty lrzip –  0.616-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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