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Ubuntu 24.04: USN-7070-1: libarchive DoS risks addressed

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Calendar Grey October 16, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu releases 24.04, 22.04, and 20.04 have been updated with libarchive patches to fix memory vulnerabilities that could result in Denial of Service (DoS) exploits.
Several security issues were fixed in libarchive.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in libarchive. Software Description: - libarchive: Library to read/write archive files Details: It was discovered that libarchive mishandled certain memory checks, which could result in a NULL pointer dereference. An attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-36227) It was discovered that libarchive mishandled certain memory operations, which could result in an out-of-bounds memory access. An attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-48957, CVE-2024-48958)

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security advisory denial of service Ubuntu memory access libarchive

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS   libarchive13t64                 3.7.2-2ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS   libarchive13                    3.6.0-1ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS   libarchive13                    3.4.0-2ubuntu1.3 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS   libarchive13                    3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS   libarchive13                    3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8+esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 14.04 LTS   libarchive13                    3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8+esm3                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7070-1

  CVE-2022-36227, CVE-2024-48957, CVE-2024-48958

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7070-1

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