RLSA-2022:4940

RLSA-2022:4940 · Important: xz security update

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XZ Utils is an integrated collection of user-space file compression utilities based on the Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain algorithm (LZMA), which performs lossless data compression. The algorithm provides a high compression ratio while keeping the decompression time short. Security Fix(es): * gzip: arbitrary-file-write vulnerability (CVE-2022-1271) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

CVSS 8.8 · High · Fix available

Published

2022-06-08T08:20:11Z

Updated

2025-10-09T05:47:15.910305Z

Stack: system

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