> USN-8733-2: Gzip vulnerabilities

USN-8733-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Gzip. This update provides the corresponding fix for Gzip on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Michał Majchrowicz and Marcin Wyczechowski discovered that Gzip's gzexe utility created temporary files in an insecure manner when mktemp was unavailable. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files. (CVE-2026-41991) Elias Hasas, Michał Majchrowicz and Marcin Wyczechowski discovered that Gzip incorrectly handled certain compressed files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information or cause Gzip to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-41992)