Ubuntu alert USN-7070-1 (libarchive)

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Bruce Cable <bruce.cable@canonical.com>
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ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
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[USN-7070-1] libarchive vulnerabilities
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Wed, 16 Oct 2024 17:05:14 +1100
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7070-1
October 16, 2024

libarchive vulnerabilities
==========================================================================

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in libarchive.

Software Description:
- 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)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   libarchive13t64                 3.7.2-2ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   libarchive13                    3.6.0-1ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   libarchive13                    3.4.0-2ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   libarchive13                    3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   libarchive13                    3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8+esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
   libarchive13                    3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8+esm3
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7070-1
   CVE-2022-36227, CVE-2024-48957, CVE-2024-48958

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/3.7.2-2ub...
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/3.6.0-1ub...
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/3.4.0-2ub...




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