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Package "gzip"

Name: gzip

Description:

GNU compression utilities
Latest version: 1.10-4ubuntu4.2
Release: jammy (22.04)
Level: updates
Repository: main
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/

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base main 1.10-4ubuntu4
base universe 1.10-4ubuntu4
security main 1.10-4ubuntu4.2
security universe 1.10-4ubuntu4.2
updates universe 1.10-4ubuntu4.2

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Version: 1.10-4ubuntu4.2 2026-07-06 19:07:33 UTC

  gzip (1.10-4ubuntu4.2) jammy-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 07:55:53 -0400
Source diff to previous version
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

Version: 1.10-4ubuntu4.1 2022-09-22 11:07:27 UTC

  gzip (1.10-4ubuntu4.1) jammy; urgency=medium

  * Cherry-pick upstream patch to use more portable alignment to resolve
    failure to execute on
    WSL1. https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/8219 LP: #1966849

 -- Dimitri John Ledkov <email address hidden> Mon, 05 Sep 2022 14:33:59 +0100
1966849 gzip exec format error under WSL1


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