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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RHSA-2023:3018-01 Low: Libarchive NULL Pointer

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Calendar Grey May 16, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Stay informed about the recent low impact security patch for libarchive on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, highlighting key aspects and implications.
An update for libarchive is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The libarchive programming library can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including GNU tar, cpio, and ISO 9660 CD-ROM images. Libarchive is used notably in the bsdtar utility, scripting language bindings such as python-libarchive, and several popular desktop file managers.
Security Fix(es):
* libarchive: NULL pointer dereference in archive_write.c (CVE-2022-36227)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity NULL pointer libarchive

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-36227 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.8_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):
Source: libarchive-3.3.3-5.el8.src.rpm
aarch64: bsdcat-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.aarch64.rpm bsdcpio-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.aarch64.rpm bsdtar-3.3.3-5.el8.aarch64.rpm bsdtar-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.aarch64.rpm libarchive-3.3.3-5.el8.aarch64.rpm libarchive-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.aarch64.rpm libarchive-debugsource-3.3.3-5.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: bsdcat-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.ppc64le.rpm bsdcpio-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.ppc64le.rpm bsdtar-3.3.3-5.el8.ppc64le.rpm bsdtar-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.ppc64le.rpm libarchive-3.3.3-5.el8.ppc64le.rpm libarchive-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.ppc64le.rpm libarchive-debugsource-3.3.3-5.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: bsdcat-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.s390x.rpm bsdcpio-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.s390x.rpm bsdtar-3.3.3-5.el8.s390x.rpm bsdtar-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.s390x.rpm libarchive-3.3.3-5.el8.s390x.rpm libarchive-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.s390x.rpm libarchive-debugsource-3.3.3-5.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64: bsdcat-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.i686.rpm bsdcat-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.x86_64.rpm bsdcpio-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.i686.rpm bsdcpio-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.x86_64.rpm bsdtar-3.3.3-5.el8.x86_64.rpm bsdtar-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.i686.rpm bsdtar-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.x86_64.rpm libarchive-3.3.3-5.el8.i686.rpm libarchive-3.3.3-5.el8.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:3018-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3018
Issue date: 2023-05-16

Topic

An update for libarchive is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux low severity NULL pointer libarchive

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2144972 - CVE-2022-36227 libarchive: NULL pointer dereference in archive_write.c

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