Security update for libarchive

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:2171-2
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-20696 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libarchive fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2024-20696: Fixed heap based out-of-bounds write (bsc#1225971).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2024-2171=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.5.1-150400.3.15.1
    • libarchive13-3.5.1-150400.3.15.1
    • libarchive-debugsource-3.5.1-150400.3.15.1

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