{"id":"USN-5378-3","summary":"xz-utils vulnerability","details":"USN-5378-2 fixed a vulnerability in XZ Utils. This update provides\nthe corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and 16.04 ESM.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n Cleemy Desu Wayo discovered that Gzip incorrectly handled certain\n filenames. If a user or automated system were tricked into performing zgrep\n operations with specially crafted filenames, a remote attacker could\n overwrite arbitrary files.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:42:34Z","published":"2022-04-13T14:47:08Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1271"],"upstream":["CVE-2022-1271","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1271"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5378-3"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1271"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"xz-utils","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/xz-utils@5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2.14.04.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2.14.04.1+esm1"}]}],"versions":["5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu1","5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"liblzma-dev","binary_version":"5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2.14.04.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"liblzma5","binary_version":"5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2.14.04.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"xz-utils","binary_version":"5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2.14.04.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"xzdec","binary_version":"5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2.14.04.1+esm1"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2022-1271","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5378-3.json"}},{"package":{"name":"xz-utils","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/xz-utils@5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2.16.04.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2.16.04.1+esm1"}]}],"versions":["5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"liblzma-dev","binary_version":"5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2.16.04.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"liblzma5","binary_version":"5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2.16.04.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"xz-utils","binary_version":"5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2.16.04.1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"xzdec","binary_version":"5.1.1alpha+20120614-2ubuntu2.16.04.1+esm1"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2022-1271","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5378-3.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}