DSA-5122-1 gzip -- security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-1271  

cleemy desu wayo reported that incorrect handling of filenames by zgrep in gzip, the GNU 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 1.9-3+deb10u1. For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 1.10-4+deb11u1. We recommend that you upgrade your gzip packages. For the detailed security status of gzip please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/gzip

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5122-1 gzip -- security update

Date Reported:
18 Apr 2022
Affected Packages:
gzip
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 1009168.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-1271.
More information:

cleemy desu wayo reported that incorrect handling of filenames by zgrep in gzip, the GNU 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 1.9-3+deb10u1.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 1.10-4+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your gzip packages.

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