Summary
The lz4 packages provide support for LZ4, a very fast, lossless compression algorithm that provides compression speeds of 400 MB/s per core and scales with multicore CPUs. It also features an extremely fast decoder that reaches speeds of multiple GB/s per core and typically reaches RAM speed limits on multicore systems.
Security Fix(es):
* lz4: memory corruption due to an integer overflow bug caused by memmove argument (CVE-2021-3520)
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.
Fixed packages 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Rocky Linux · 8 | lz4 | 0:1.8.3-3.el8_4 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Unscored —
There's a flaw in lz4. An attacker who submits a crafted file to an application linked with lz4 may be able to trigger …
References
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954559