USN-5078-3: Squashfs-Tools vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 21.04
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Packages

• squashfs-tools - Tools to create and modify squashfs filesystems

Details

USN-5078-1 fixed a vulnerability in Squashfs-Tools. That update was
incomplete and could still result in Squashfs-Tools mishandling certain
malformed SQUASHFS files. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Richard Weinberger discovered that Squashfs-Tools mishandled certain
malformed SQUASHFS files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to
write arbitrary files to the filesystem.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 21.04

• squashfs-tools - 1:4.4-2ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 20.04

• squashfs-tools - 1:4.4-1ubuntu0.3

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

References

• CVE-2021-41072

Related notices

• USN-5078-1: squashfs-tools
• USN-5078-2: squashfs-tools