Security update for libarchive

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20257-1
Release Date: 2025-03-31T14:21:21Z
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-20696 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-20696 ( NVD ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-20697 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-20697 ( NVD ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-26256 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-26256 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-48957 ( SUSE ): 5.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2024-48957 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
  • CVE-2024-48957 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-48957 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-48958 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2024-48958 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-48958 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2024-48958 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-1632 ( SUSE ): 4.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-1632 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2025-1632 ( NVD ): 4.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  • CVE-2025-1632 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2025-1632 ( NVD ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2025-25724 ( SUSE ): 2.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-25724 ( SUSE ): 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2025-25724 ( NVD ): 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

An update that solves seven vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libarchive fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-1632: Fixed null pointer dereference in bsdunzip.c (bsc#1237606)
  • CVE-2025-25724: Fixed Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libarchive (bsc#1238610)
  • CVE-2024-48958: Fixed out-of-bounds access in execute_filter_delta (bsc#1231624)
  • CVE-2024-20697: Fixed Out of bounds Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (also attributed CVE-2024-26256) (CVE-2024-26256, bsc#1225972)
  • CVE-2024-48957: Fixed out-of-bounds access in execute_filter_audio (bsc#1231544)
  • CVE-2024-20696: Fixed heap based out-of-bounds write (bsc#1225971)

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 Micro 6.1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-50=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libarchive-debugsource-3.7.4-slfo.1.1_2.1
    • libarchive13-3.7.4-slfo.1.1_2.1
    • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.7.4-slfo.1.1_2.1

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