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: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libarchive (CVE-2025-25724)
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 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Rocky Linux · 10 | libarchive | 0:3.7.7-3.el10_0 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 4.0
list_item_verbose in tar/util.c in libarchive through 3.7.7 does not check an strftime return value, which can lead to …
References
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2349221