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The function readUvarint used to read the xz container format may not terminate a loop provide malicous input.\n\n### Patches\n\nThe problem has been fixed in release v0.5.8.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nLimit the size of the compressed file input to a reasonable size for your use case.\n\n### References\n\nThe standard library had recently the same issue and got the [CVE-2020-16845](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16845) allocated.\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [xz](https://github.com/ulikunitz/xz/issues).", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2021-29482" }, { "alias": "GHSA-25xm-hr59-7c27" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/924135?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/golang-github-ulikunitz-xz@0.5.6-2?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-aag6-jhbk-qqd6" } ], "resource_url": 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