PT-2020-6433 · Lrzip+2 · Lrzip+2

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Published

2020-09-02

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Updated

2023-02-02

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CVE-2021-27345

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Lrzip version 0.631
Description A null pointer dereference was discovered in the ucompthread function in stream.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted compressed file. The exploitation of this issue may permit a remote attacker to cause a denial of service using a specially crafted compressed file.
Recommendations For Lrzip version 0.631, consider avoiding the use of crafted compressed files until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of the ucompthread function in stream.c to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-04676
CVE-2021-27345
DLA-2981-1
DSA-5145-1
USN-5840-1

Affected Products

Linuxmint
Lrzip
Ubuntu