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Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-8843): lrzip vulnerability

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

May 8, 2017

Added

Nov 19, 2024

Modified

Apr 16, 2026

Description

The join_pthread function in stream.c in liblrzip.so in lrzip 0.631 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted archive.

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-lrzipubuntu-upgrade-lrzip

References

CVE-2017-8843
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-8843
CWE-476
EUVD-EUVD-2017-17785
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/07/lrzip-null-pointer-dereference-in-join_pthread-stream-c/
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-17785
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8843

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