Security update for libarchive

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2025:02566-1
Release Date:	2025-07-31T07:19:00Z
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 ): 1.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-5914 ( SUSE ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L 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 ): 3.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L 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-2025-5916 ( 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-2025-5917 ( 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 ): 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
Affected Products:	Basesystem Module 15-SP6 Basesystem Module 15-SP7 Development Tools Module 15-SP6 Development Tools Module 15-SP7 openSUSE Leap 15.6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

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:

• Basesystem Module 15-SP7
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2025-2566=1
• Development Tools Module 15-SP6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP6-2025-2566=1
• Development Tools Module 15-SP7
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP7-2025-2566=1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-2566=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-2566=1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-2566=1

Package List:

• Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libarchive-devel-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1
  • libarchive13-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1
  • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1
• Development Tools Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1
  • bsdtar-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1
  • bsdtar-debuginfo-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1
• Development Tools Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1
  • bsdtar-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1
  • bsdtar-debuginfo-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
  • libarchive13-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1
  • bsdtar-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1
  • bsdtar-debuginfo-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1
  • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1
  • libarchive-devel-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)
  • libarchive13-32bit-debuginfo-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1
  • libarchive13-32bit-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64_ilp32)
  • libarchive13-64bit-debuginfo-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1
  • libarchive13-64bit-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libarchive-devel-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1
  • libarchive13-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1
  • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.7.2-150600.3.17.1

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