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Package "gzip"

Name: gzip

Description:

GNU compression utilities
Latest version: 1.12-1ubuntu3.2
Release: noble (24.04)
Level: security
Repository: main
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/

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base universe 1.12-1ubuntu3
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security universe 1.12-1ubuntu3.2
updates main 1.12-1ubuntu3.2
updates universe 1.12-1ubuntu3.2

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Version: 1.12-1ubuntu3.2 2026-07-06 15:07:32 UTC

  gzip (1.12-1ubuntu3.2) noble-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: insecure temp file handling
    - debian/patches/CVE-2026-41991.patch: gzexe: use -C if lacking mktemp in
      gzexe.in, zdiff.in.
    - CVE-2026-41991
  * SECURITY UPDATE: overflow in LZH decompression logic
    - debian/patches/CVE-2026-41992.patch: gzip: don’t mishandle .lzh after .Z
      in unlzh.c.
    - CVE-2026-41992

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:53:51 -0400
CVE-2026-41991 GNU gzip contains a vulnerability in the gzexe utility related to insecure temporary file handling. When the mktemp utility is not available in the u
CVE-2026-41992 GNU gzip contains a global buffer overflow vulnerability in the LZH decompression logic caused by improper reuse of shared global state between diffe


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