Issued:
2024-01-10
Updated:
2024-01-10

RHSA-2024:0146 - Low: libarchive security update

Synopsis

Low: libarchive security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Low

Topic

An update for libarchive is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

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.

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

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions8.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support8.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension8.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support8.6ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support8.6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support8.6aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions8.6ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS8.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS8.6x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support8.6x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support8.6ppc64le
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support8.6s390x
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support8.6aarch64

Updated Packages

  • bsdcpio-debuginfo-3.3.3-4.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
  • bsdtar-3.3.3-4.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
  • libarchive-debuginfo-3.3.3-4.el8_6.s390x.rpm
  • bsdtar-debuginfo-3.3.3-4.el8_6.i686.rpm
  • bsdtar-debuginfo-3.3.3-4.el8_6.s390x.rpm
  • libarchive-devel-3.3.3-4.el8_6.i686.rpm
  • bsdcat-debuginfo-3.3.3-4.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
  • libarchive-devel-3.3.3-4.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
  • libarchive-3.3.3-4.el8_6.src.rpm
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.3.3-4.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
  • bsdcpio-debuginfo-3.3.3-4.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
  • libarchive-3.3.3-4.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
  • bsdcat-debuginfo-3.3.3-4.el8_6.s390x.rpm
  • bsdcat-debuginfo-3.3.3-4.el8_6.i686.rpm
  • libarchive-devel-3.3.3-4.el8_6.s390x.rpm
  • bsdtar-debuginfo-3.3.3-4.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
  • bsdcpio-debuginfo-3.3.3-4.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
  • bsdtar-3.3.3-4.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
  • libarchive-devel-3.3.3-4.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
  • bsdcat-debuginfo-3.3.3-4.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
  • bsdtar-debuginfo-3.3.3-4.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
  • bsdcat-debuginfo-3.3.3-4.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.3.3-4.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
  • libarchive-3.3.3-4.el8_6.i686.rpm
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.3.3-4.el8_6.s390x.rpm
  • bsdcpio-debuginfo-3.3.3-4.el8_6.i686.rpm
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.3.3-4.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
  • bsdtar-3.3.3-4.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
  • bsdcpio-debuginfo-3.3.3-4.el8_6.s390x.rpm
  • libarchive-debuginfo-3.3.3-4.el8_6.i686.rpm
  • libarchive-devel-3.3.3-4.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
  • libarchive-3.3.3-4.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
  • libarchive-3.3.3-4.el8_6.s390x.rpm
  • libarchive-debuginfo-3.3.3-4.el8_6.ppc64le.rpm
  • bsdtar-debuginfo-3.3.3-4.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
  • libarchive-debuginfo-3.3.3-4.el8_6.aarch64.rpm
  • bsdtar-3.3.3-4.el8_6.s390x.rpm
  • libarchive-3.3.3-4.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
  • libarchive-debuginfo-3.3.3-4.el8_6.x86_64.rpm
  • libarchive-debugsource-3.3.3-4.el8_6.i686.rpm

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