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Medium ALSA-2022:5252 1 CVE

Moderate: libarchive security update

Published Jul 1, 2022 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

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: an out-of-bounds read via the component zipx_lzma_alone_init
(CVE-2022-26280)
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.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 bsdtar 3.5.3-2.el9_0
AlmaLinux · 9 libarchive 3.5.3-2.el9_0
AlmaLinux · 9 libarchive-devel 3.5.3-2.el9_0

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-26280
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2071931
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-5252.html