Security update for libarchive

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20087-1
Release Date: 2025-02-03T09:09:14Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • 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
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.0

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libarchive fixes the following issues:

  • 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 (bsc#1225972).
  • CVE-2024-48957: Fixed out-of-bounds access in execute_filter_audio (bsc#1231544).

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 6.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.0-121=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.6.2-4.1
    • libarchive13-3.6.2-4.1
    • libarchive-debugsource-3.6.2-4.1

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