USN-2300-1: LZO vulnerability
24 July 2014
LZO could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted data.
Releases
Packages
- lzo2 - data compression library
Details
Don A. Bailey discovered that LZO incorrectly handled certain input data.
An attacker could use this issue to cause LZO to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04
Ubuntu 12.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.