SB2024041560 - Denial of service in XZ Utils
Published: April 15, 2024 Updated: April 3, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024041560
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-22916)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when decompressing files. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability
- https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz/issues/61
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2234987
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214590
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-22916
- http://web.archive.org/web/20230918084612/