Security update for libarchive

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:0217-2
Rating: moderate
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-5601 ( SUSE ): 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2017-5601 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2021-36976 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2021-36976 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libarchive fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2021-36976: Fixed an invalid memory access that could cause data corruption (bsc#1188572).

Non-security updates:

  • Updated references for CVE-2017-5601, which was already fixed in a previous version (bsc#1022528 bsc#1189528).

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 High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-LTSS-2023-217=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-LTSS-2023-217=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP2-2023-217=1
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-7-2023-217=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • libarchive13-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
    • bsdtar-debuginfo-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
    • libarchive-devel-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
    • bsdtar-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
    • libarchive-debugsource-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
    • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libarchive13-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
    • bsdtar-debuginfo-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
    • libarchive-devel-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
    • bsdtar-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
    • libarchive-debugsource-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
    • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • libarchive13-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
    • bsdtar-debuginfo-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
    • libarchive-devel-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
    • bsdtar-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
    • libarchive-debugsource-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
    • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • libarchive13-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
    • bsdtar-debuginfo-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
    • libarchive-devel-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
    • bsdtar-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
    • libarchive-debugsource-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
    • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1

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