Are you still affected? I cannot reproduce this on trusty.
$ echo "test" |xz > /tmp/test.txt.xz
$ chmod uog-rwx /tmp/test.txt.xz
$ unxz /tmp/test.txt.xz
** Changed in: xz-utils (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
** Changed in: xz-utils (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)
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xz should warn before overwriting read-only files
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