Security update for libarchive

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2025:0986-1
Release Date:	2025-03-21T17:49:34Z
Rating:	moderate
References:	bsc#1238610
Cross-References:	CVE-2025-25724
CVSS scores:	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:	openSUSE Leap 15.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libarchive fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2025-25724: Fixed buffer overflow vulnerability in function list_item_verbose() in tar/util.c (bsc#1238610).

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 Micro for Rancher 5.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-986=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-986=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-986=1
• openSUSE Leap 15.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-986=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-986=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-986=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
  • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
  • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
  • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
  • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
  • libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
  • bsdtar-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
  • libarchive-devel-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
  • bsdtar-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)
  • libarchive13-32bit-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
  • libarchive13-32bit-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64_ilp32)
  • libarchive13-64bit-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
  • libarchive13-64bit-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
  • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
  • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-25724.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1238610