USN-6048-1: ZenLib vulnerability

28 April 2023

ZenLib could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

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Releases

Packages

  • libzen - ZenLib C++ utility library -- development files

Details

It was discovered that ZenLib doesn't check the return value of a specific
operation before using it. An attacker could use a specially crafted input
to crash programs using the library.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04

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

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