QID 982402

QID 982402: Go (go) Security Update for github.com/ulikunitz/xz (GHSA-25xm-hr59-7c27)

Security update has been released for github.com/ulikunitz/xz to fix the vulnerability.

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The function readUvarint used to read the xz container format may not terminate a loop provide malicous input.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.

Solution

The problem has been fixed in release v0.5.8.Workaround:
Limit the size of the compressed file input to a reasonable size for your use case.

Vendor References

GHSA-25xm-hr59-7c27 - github.com/advisories/GHSA-25xm-hr59-7c27

CVEs related to QID 982402

CVE-2021-29482 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
GHSA-25xm-hr59-7c27	github.com/ulikunitz/xz		github.com/advisories/GHSA-25xm-hr59-7c27

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