GHSA-25xm-hr59-7c27
github.com/ulikunitz/xz fixes readUvarint Denial of Service (DoS)
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/ulikunitz/xz | < 0.5.8 | 0.5.8 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### 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).
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.