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openSUSE Leap 15.4: libarchive Moderate Buffer Overflow 2025:0986-1

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Calendar Grey March 21, 2025
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Essential security update for libarchive addresses a significant buffer overflow issue across openSUSE versions.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for libarchive fixes the following issues:

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

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

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security advisory moderate update buffer overflow libarchive openSUSE

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 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-986=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-986=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-986=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-986=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-986=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-986=1

Package List

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

* libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1

* libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1

* libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1

* libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1

* libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1

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

* libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1

* libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1

* libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1

* libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1

* bsdtar-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1

* libarchive-devel-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1

* bsdtar-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1

* libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)

* libarchive13-32bit-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1

* libarchive13-32bit-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.18.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64_ilp32)

*...

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References

* bsc#1238610

## References:

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

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

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:0986-1
Release Date: 2025-03-21T17:49:34Z
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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