MGASA-2022-0142 - Updated libarchive packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 15 Apr 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0142.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2022-26280

7zip reader: fix PPMD read beyond boundary.
ZIP reader: fix possible out of bounds read.
ISO reader: fix possible heap buffer overflow in read_children().
RARv4 redaer: fix multiple issues in RARv4 filter code (introduced in libarchive 3.6.0):
  - fix heap use after free in archive_read_format_rar_read_data();
  - fix null dereference in read_data_compressed();
  - fix heap user after free in run_filters().

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30271
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.6.1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5374-1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-26280

SRPMS:
- 8/core/libarchive-3.6.1-1.mga8

Mageia 2022-0142: libarchive security update

7zip reader: fix PPMD read beyond boundary

Summary

7zip reader: fix PPMD read beyond boundary. ZIP reader: fix possible out of bounds read. ISO reader: fix possible heap buffer overflow in read_children(). RARv4 redaer: fix multiple issues in RARv4 filter code (introduced in libarchive 3.6.0): - fix heap use after free in archive_read_format_rar_read_data(); - fix null dereference in read_data_compressed(); - fix heap user after free in run_filters().

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30271

- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.6.1

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5374-1

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-26280

Resolution

MGASA-2022-0142 - Updated libarchive packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/libarchive-3.6.1-1.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 15 Apr 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0142.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-26280

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