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SUSE: libarchive Moderate Cross-Reference Issues Advisory 2025:02718-2

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Calendar Grey August 20, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
This announcement outlines a crucial security patch for libarchive impacting several SUSE versions, addressing significant vulnerabilities.
* bsc#1244270 * bsc#1244272 * bsc#1244273 * bsc#1244279 * bsc#1244336

Summary

## 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) ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

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security advisory moderate SuSE threat libarchive cross-reference

References

* bsc#1244270

* bsc#1244272

* bsc#1244273

* bsc#1244279

* bsc#1244336

Cross-

* CVE-2025-5914

* CVE-2025-5915

* CVE-2025-5916

* CVE-2025-5917

* CVE-2025-5918

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-5914 ( SUSE ): 7.3

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2025-5914 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-5914 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-5914 ( NVD ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-5915 ( SUSE ): 4.6

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2025-5915 ( SUSE ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2025-5915 ( NVD ): 3.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:02718-2
Release Date: 2025-08-20T09:47:03Z
Rating: moderate

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