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openSUSE 15.6: libarchive Moderate Security Update 2025:02566-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey July 31, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An update to libarchive on openSUSE addresses multiple moderate vulnerabilities including heap overflow and integer overflow issues.
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)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue threat OpenSUSE libarchive

Patch

## 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...

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References

* bsc#1244270

* bsc#1244272

* bsc#1244273

* bsc#1244279

* bsc#1244336

## 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

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02566-1
Release Date: 2025-07-31T07:19:00Z
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

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security advisory moderate security issue threat OpenSUSE libarchive

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