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SUSE Linux Micro 6.1: SUSE-SU-2025:20257-1 important: libarchive fixes

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Calendar Grey June 4, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical patch released for SUSE rectifying several flaws in libarchive to maintain system stability.
* bsc#1225971 * bsc#1225972 * bsc#1231544 * bsc#1231624 * bsc#1237606

Summary

## 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 libarchive (bsc#1238610) * CVE-2024-48958: Fixed out-of-bounds access in execute_filter_delta (bsc#1231624) * CVE-2024-20697: Fixed Out of bounds Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (also attributed CVE-2024-26256) (CVE-2024-26256, bsc#1225972) * CVE-2024-48957: Fixed out-of-bounds access in execute_filter_audio (bsc#1231544) * CVE-2024-20696: Fixed heap based out-of-bounds write (bsc#1225971) ## 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:

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow remote code execution important out-of-bounds access libarchive

References

* bsc#1225971

* bsc#1225972

* bsc#1231544

* bsc#1231624

* bsc#1237606

* bsc#1238610

Cross-

* CVE-2024-20696

* CVE-2024-20697

* CVE-2024-26256

* CVE-2024-48957

* CVE-2024-48958

* CVE-2025-1632

* CVE-2025-25724

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2024-20696 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2024-20696 ( NVD ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2024-20697 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2024-20697 ( NVD ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2024-26256 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2024-26256 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2024-48957 ( SUSE ): 5.7

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20257-1
Release Date: 2025-03-31T14:21:21Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow remote code execution important out-of-bounds access libarchive

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