1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2300-1

USN-2300-1: LZO vulnerability

Publication date

24 July 2014

Overview

LZO could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted data.

Releases

Packages

  • lzo2 - data compression library

Details

Don A. Bailey discovered that LZO incorrectly handled certain input data.
An attacker could use this issue to cause LZO to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Don A. Bailey discovered that LZO incorrectly handled certain input data.
An attacker could use this issue to cause LZO to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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
14.04 trusty liblzo2-2 –  2.06-1.2ubuntu1.1
12.04 precise liblzo2-2 –  2.06-1ubuntu0.1

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