1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-7070-1

USN-7070-1: libarchive vulnerabilities

Publication date

16 October 2024

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in libarchive.

Releases

Packages

  • 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)

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)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
24.04 noble libarchive13t64 –  3.7.2-2ubuntu0.2
22.04 jammy libarchive13 –  3.6.0-1ubuntu1.2
20.04 focal libarchive13 –  3.4.0-2ubuntu1.3
18.04 bionic libarchive13 –  3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+esm1  
16.04 xenial libarchive13 –  3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8+esm1  
14.04 trusty libarchive13 –  3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8+esm3  

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