Security update for libarchive

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2025:02718-2
Release Date:	2025-08-20T09:47:03Z
Rating:	moderate
References:	bsc#1244270 bsc#1244272 bsc#1244273 bsc#1244279 bsc#1244336
Cross-References:	CVE-2025-5914 CVE-2025-5915 CVE-2025-5916 CVE-2025-5917 CVE-2025-5918
CVSS scores:	CVE-2025-5914 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-5914 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2025-5914 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2025-5914 ( NVD ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2025-5915 ( SUSE ): 4.6 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-5915 ( SUSE ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L CVE-2025-5915 ( NVD ): 3.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L CVE-2025-5915 ( NVD ): 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVE-2025-5916 ( SUSE ): 4.6 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-5916 ( SUSE ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L CVE-2025-5916 ( NVD ): 3.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L CVE-2025-5916 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H CVE-2025-5917 ( SUSE ): 2.4 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-5917 ( SUSE ): 2.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVE-2025-5917 ( NVD ): 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2025-5917 ( NVD ): 2.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVE-2025-5918 ( SUSE ): 2.4 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-5918 ( SUSE ): 3.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L CVE-2025-5918 ( NVD ): 3.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L CVE-2025-5918 ( NVD ): 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 LTS SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 LTS SUSE Manager Server 4.3 SUSE Manager Server 4.3 LTS

An update that solves five vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libarchive fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2025-5914: Fixed double free due to an integer overflow in the archive_read_format_rar_seek_data() function (bsc#1244272)
• CVE-2025-5915: Fixed heap buffer over read in copy_from_lzss_window() at archive_read_support_format_rar.c (bsc#1244273)
• CVE-2025-5916: Fixed integer overflow while reading warc files at archive_read_support_format_warc.c (bsc#1244270)
• CVE-2025-5917: Fixed off by one error in build_ustar_entry_name() at archive_write_set_format_pax.c (bsc#1244336)
• CVE-2025-5918: Fixed reading past EOF may be triggered for piped file streams (bsc#1244279)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-2718=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2025-2718=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2025-2718=1
• SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 LTS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.3-LTS-2025-2718=1
• SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 LTS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.3-LTS-2025-2718=1
• SUSE Manager Server 4.3 LTS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.3-LTS-2025-2718=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2025-2718=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-2718=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2025-2718=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-2718=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-2718=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • bsdtar-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • bsdtar-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive-devel-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • bsdtar-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • bsdtar-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive-devel-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • bsdtar-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • bsdtar-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive-devel-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
• SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 LTS (x86_64)
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive-devel-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
• SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 LTS (x86_64)
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive-devel-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
• SUSE Manager Server 4.3 LTS (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive-devel-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • bsdtar-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • bsdtar-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive-devel-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • bsdtar-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • bsdtar-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive-devel-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • bsdtar-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • bsdtar-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive-devel-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • bsdtar-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • bsdtar-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive-devel-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • bsdtar-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • bsdtar-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive-devel-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5914.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5915.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5916.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5917.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5918.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244270
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244272
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244273
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244279
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244336