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Medium RLSA-2026:89749 1 CVE

Moderate: xz security update

Published Oct 27, 2026 · Updated Oct 27, 2026

Summary

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):

* xz: XZ Utils: Denial of Service via buffer overflow in index decoding (CVE-2026-34743)

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

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 9 xz 0:5.2.5-8.el9_8.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Low 1.7

    XZ Utils: Buffer overflow in lzma_index_append()

    XZ Utils provide a general-purpose data-compression library plus command-line tools. Prior to version 5.8.3, if lzma_index_decoder() was used to decode an Index that contained no Records, the resulting lzma_index was left in a state where where a subsequent l…

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2454589
  • advisory
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:89749