Bug 2234987 - xz: Denial of service via decompression of crafted file
Summary: xz: Denial of service via decompression of crafted file
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2234989 2234990 2235294 2235295
Blocks: 2234988
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Reported: 2023-08-25 20:58 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2024-03-14 17:00 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2023-09-29 11:24:27 UTC
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2023-08-25 20:58:37 UTC 
An issue discovered in XZ 5.2.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via decompression of crafted file.

References:

https://tukaani.org/xz/
https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability
Comment 2 Lukas Javorsky 2023-08-28 09:12:26 UTC 
https://github.com/snappyJack/CVE-request-XZ-5.2.5-has-denial-of-service-vulnerability is a broken link
Comment 3 TEJ RATHI 2023-08-28 10:24:53 UTC 
Created xz tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2235294]
Comment 4 TEJ RATHI 2023-08-28 10:26:46 UTC 
Created mingw-xz tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2235295]
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