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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.884228
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS: Security Advisory for xz (CESA-2022:5052)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'xz'; package(s) announced via the CESA-2022:5052 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'xz'
package(s) announced via the CESA-2022:5052 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
XZ Utils is an integrated collection of user-space file compression
utilities based on the Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain algorithm (LZMA), which
performs lossless data compression. The algorithm provides a high
compression ratio while keeping the decompression time short.

Security Fix(es):

* gzip: arbitrary-file-write vulnerability (CVE-2022-1271)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.

Affected Software/OS:
'xz' package(s) on CentOS 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
9.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-1271
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-01
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1271
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2073310
https://git.tukaani.org/?p=xz.git;a=commit;h=69d1b3fc29677af8ade8dc15dba83f0589cb63d6
https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-gzip/2022-04/msg00011.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1271
https://tukaani.org/xz/xzgrep-ZDI-CAN-16587.patch
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/07/8
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