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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2300-1
July 24, 2014

lzo2 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

LZO could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially
crafted data.

Software Description:
- lzo2: data compression library

Details:

Don A. Bailey discovered that LZO incorrectly handled certain input data.
An attacker could use this issue to cause LZO to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  liblzo2-2                       2.06-1.2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  liblzo2-2                       2.06-1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2300-1
  CVE-2014-4607

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lzo2/2.06-1.2ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lzo2/2.06-1ubuntu0.1