========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7454-1 April 23, 2025
libarchive vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.04 - Ubuntu 24.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in libarchive. Software Description: - libarchive: Library to read/write archive files Details: It was discovered that the libarchive bsdunzip utility incorrectly handled certain ZIP archive files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted ZIP archive, an attacker could use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.10, and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2025-1632) It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain TAR archive files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted TAR archive, an attacker could use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-25724) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.04 libarchive-tools 3.7.7-0ubuntu2.1 libarchive13t64 3.7.7-0ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 24.10 libarchive-tools 3.7.4-1ubuntu0.2 libarchive13t64 3.7.4-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libarchive-tools 3.7.2-2ubuntu0.4 libarchive13t64 3.7.2-2ubuntu0.4 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libarchive-tools 3.6.0-1ubuntu1.4 libarchive13 3.6.0-1ubuntu1.4 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libarchive-tools 3.4.0-2ubuntu1.5 libarchive13 3.4.0-2ubuntu1.5 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7454-1 CVE-2025-1632, CVE-2025-25724 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/3.7.7-0ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/3.7.4-1ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/3.7.2-2ubuntu0.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/3.6.0-1ubuntu1.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/3.4.0-2ubuntu1.5
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