Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2189-1 rzip -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

26 Apr 2020

Affected Packages:

rzip

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-8364.

More information:

Agostino Sarubbo of Gentoo discovered a heap buffer overflow write in the rzip program (a compression program for large files) when uncompressing maliciously crafted files.

For Debian 8 Jessie, this problem has been fixed in version 2.1-2+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your rzip packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS