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Unscored SUSE-RU-2021:2757-1 5 CVEs

Recommended update for libarchive

Published Aug 17, 2021 · Updated Feb 4, 2026

Summary

This update for libarchive fixes the following issues:

libarchive was updated to version 3.3.3

* Avoid super-linear slowdown on malformed mtree files
* Many fixes for building with Visual Studio
* NO_OVERWRITE doesn't change existing directory attributes
* New support for Zstandard read and write filters
* Fixes CVE-2017-14501, CVE-2017-14502, CVE-2017-14503
- Needed by of Firefox91 (bsc#1188891)

Fixed packages 13

ReleasePackageFixed in
SUSE · Enterprise Storage 6 libarchive 3.3.3-3.14.1
SUSE · SLE HPC 15 SP1 Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS libarchive 3.3.3-3.14.1
SUSE · SLE HPC 15 SP1 Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS libarchive 3.3.3-3.14.1
SUSE · SLE HPC 15 Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS libarchive 3.3.3-3.14.1
SUSE · SLE HPC 15 Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS libarchive 3.3.3-3.14.1
SUSE · SLES 15 SP1 Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL libarchive 3.3.3-3.14.1
SUSE · SLES 15 SP1 Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS libarchive 3.3.3-3.14.1
SUSE · SLES 15 Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS libarchive 3.3.3-3.14.1
SUSE · SLES for SAP 15 Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 libarchive 3.3.3-3.14.1
SUSE · SLES for SAP 15 SP1 Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 libarchive 3.3.3-3.14.1
SUSE · Manager Proxy 4.0 libarchive 3.3.3-3.14.1
SUSE · Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 libarchive 3.3.3-3.14.1
SUSE · Manager Server 4.0 libarchive 3.3.3-3.14.1

Vulnerabilities 5

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.suse.com/1188891
  • web
    https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14166
  • web
    https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14501
  • web
    https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14502
  • web
    https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14503
  • web
    https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18408