cleemy desu wayo reported that incorrect handling of filenames by xzgrep in xz-utils, the XZ-format compression utilities, can result in overwrite of arbitrary files or execution of arbitrary code if a file with a specially crafted filename is processed. For the oldstable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 5.2.4-1+deb10u1. For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 5.2.5-2.1~deb11u1. We recommend that you upgrade your xz-utils packages. For the detailed security status of xz-utils please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/xz-utils
cleemy desu wayo reported that incorrect handling of filenames by xzgrep in xz-utils, the XZ-format compression utilities, can result in overwrite of arbitrary files or execution of arbitrary code if a file with a specially crafted filename is processed.
For the oldstable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 5.2.4-1+deb10u1.
For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 5.2.5-2.1~deb11u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your xz-utils packages.
For the detailed security status of xz-utils please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/xz-utils
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