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openSUSE Leap 15.4: SUSE-SU-2025:02718-1: libarchive Moderate Issues Fixed

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Calendar Grey August 6, 2025
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The recent openSUSE update resolves several moderate vulnerabilities in libarchive, addressing various security-related CVEs.
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 DoS OpenSUSE libarchive cve-2025-5914

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:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-2718=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-2718=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-2718=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-2718=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-2718=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-2718=1

Package List

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1

* libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1

* libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1

* libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1

* libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1

* libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1

* libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1

* libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1

* libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1

* libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1

* libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.21.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

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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-2025:02718-1
Release Date: 2025-08-06T13:55:10Z
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

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate DoS OpenSUSE libarchive cve-2025-5914

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