DSA-4919-1 lz4 -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4919-1 lz4 -- security update

Date Reported:

21 May 2021

Affected Packages:

lz4

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 987856.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-3520.

More information:

Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse reported an integer overflow flaw in lz4, a fast LZ compression algorithm library, resulting in memory corruption.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.3-1+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your lz4 packages.

For the detailed security status of lz4 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/lz4