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openSUSE: 2025:0985-1 moderate: libarchive Advisory Security Update

opensuse
Calendar Grey March 21, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Install openSUSE updates addressing buffer overflow and null pointer issues in libarchive with moderate severity.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for libarchive fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-1632: Fixed null pointer dereference in bsdunzip.c (bsc#1237606)

* CVE-2025-25724: Fixed buffer overflow vulnerability in function

list_item_verbose() in tar/util.c (bsc#1238610)

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Topics Covered

security advisory update buffer overflow null pointer SUSE 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:

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-985=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-985=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-985=1

* Development Tools Module 15-SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP6-2025-985=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* libarchive-devel-3.7.2-150600.3.12.1

* libarchive13-3.7.2-150600.3.12.1

* bsdtar-debuginfo-3.7.2-150600.3.12.1

* libarchive13-debuginfo-3.7.2-150600.3.12.1

* bsdtar-3.7.2-150600.3.12.1

* libarchive-debugsource-3.7.2-150600.3.12.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* libarchive13-32bit-debuginfo-3.7.2-150600.3.12.1

* libarchive13-32bit-3.7.2-150600.3.12.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64_ilp32)

* libarchive13-64bit-debuginfo-3.7.2-150600.3.12.1

* libarchive13-64bit-3.7.2-150600.3.12.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libarchive-devel-3.7.2-150600.3.12.1

* libarchive13-3.7.2-150600.3.12.1

* libarchive-debugsource-3.7.2-150600.3.12.1

* libarchive13-debuginfo-3.7.2-150600.3.12.1

* Development Tools Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* bsdtar-3.7.2-150600.3.12.1

* libarchive-debugsource-3.7.2-150600.3.12.1

* bsdtar-debuginfo-3.7.2-150600.3.12.1

References

* bsc#1237606

* bsc#1238610

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-1632.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-25724.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1237606

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1238610

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0985-1
Release Date: 2025-03-21T17:45:26Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 * Development Tools Module 15-SP6 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

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Topics Covered

security advisory update buffer overflow null pointer SUSE libarchive

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