MGASA-2024-0346 - Updated libarchive packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 06 Nov 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0346.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2024-48957,
     CVE-2024-48958

execute_filter_audio in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive
before 3.7.5 allows out-of-bounds access via a crafted archive file
because src can move beyond dst. (CVE-2024-48957)
execute_filter_delta in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive
before 3.7.5 allows out-of-bounds access via a crafted archive file
because src can move beyond dst. (CVE-2024-48958)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33717
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-48957
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-48958

SRPMS:
- 9/core/libarchive-3.6.2-5.2.mga9

Mageia 2024-0346: libarchive Security Advisory Updates

execute_filter_audio in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.7.5 allows out-of-bounds access via a crafted archive file because src can move beyond dst

Summary

execute_filter_audio in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.7.5 allows out-of-bounds access via a crafted archive file because src can move beyond dst. (CVE-2024-48957) execute_filter_delta in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.7.5 allows out-of-bounds access via a crafted archive file because src can move beyond dst. (CVE-2024-48958)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33717

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-48957

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-48958

Resolution

MGASA-2024-0346 - Updated libarchive packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 9/core/libarchive-3.6.2-5.2.mga9

Severity
Publication date: 06 Nov 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0346.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-48957, CVE-2024-48958

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