{"id":"USN-5078-2","summary":"squashfs-tools vulnerabilities","details":"USN-5078-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Squashfs-Tools.\nThis update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n Etienne Stalmans discovered that Squashfs-Tools mishandled certain\n malformed SQUASHFS files. An attacker could use this vulnerability\n to write arbitrary files to the filesystem. (CVE-2021-40153)\n\n Richard Weinberger discovered that Squashfs-Tools mishandled certain\n malformed SQUASHFS files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to\n write arbitrary files to the filesystem. (CVE-2021-41072)\n","modified":"2026-06-25T13:30:47.860888678Z","published":"2021-09-15T15:26:33Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40153","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-41072"],"upstream":["CVE-2021-40153","CVE-2021-41072","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40153","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-41072"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5078-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-40153"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-41072"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"squashfs-tools","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/squashfs-tools?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fxenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:4.3-3ubuntu2.16.04.3+esm1"}]}],"versions":["1:4.2+20130409-2.1","1:4.3-3","1:4.3-3ubuntu1","1:4.3-3ubuntu2","1:4.3-3ubuntu2.16.04.1","1:4.3-3ubuntu2.16.04.2","1:4.3-3ubuntu2.16.04.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"squashfs-tools","binary_version":"1:4.3-3ubuntu2.16.04.3+esm1"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2021-40153","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2021-41072","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5078-2.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}