USN-5593-1: Zstandard vulnerability

1 September 2022

Zstandard could be made to execute arbitrary code if it received specially crafted input.

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Releases

Packages

  • libzstd - fast lossless compression algorithm

Details

It was discovered that Zstandard incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

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