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openSUSE Advisory 2025:0986-1: Moderate Buffer Overflow in libarchive

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Calendar Grey March 21, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE releases an update for libarchive targeting openSUSE and Enterprise Micro, addressing a critical buffer overflow vulnerability. Update is now accessible.
* bsc#1238610 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-25724

Summary

## 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). ## 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

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References

* bsc#1238610

Cross-

* CVE-2025-25724

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-25724 ( SUSE ): 2.1

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

* CVE-2025-25724 ( SUSE ): 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

* CVE-2025-25724 ( NVD ): 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

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

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* 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
Rating: moderate

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