UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8844

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8844

    Published: 8 May 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-8844

    Summary:

    Details: The read_1g function in stream.c in liblrzip.so in lrzip 0.631 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted archive.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8844, https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/07/lrzip-heap-based-buffer-overflow-write-in-read_1g-stream-c/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5171-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8844, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5171-2

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: lrzip

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.616-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    0.608-2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High