github.com/ulikunitz/xz fixes readUvarint Denial of Service (DoS)
### Impact xz is a compression and decompression library focusing on the xz format completely written in Go. The function readUvarint used to read the xz container format may not terminate a loop provide malicous input. ### Patches The problem has been fixed in release v0.5.8. ### Workarounds Limit the size of the compressed file input to a reasonable size for your use case. ### References The standard library had recently the same issue and got the [CVE-2020-16845](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16845) allocated. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [xz](https://github.com/ulikunitz/xz/issues).
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Zugehörige CVEs.
| ID | Schweregrad | ausnutzbar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-29482US | high7.5 | — | ||
xz is a compression and decompression library focusing on the xz format completely written in Go. The function readUvarint used to read the xz container format may not terminate a… | ||||
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