[USN-6805-1] libarchive vulnerability

Leonidas S. Barbosa leo.barbosa at canonical.com
Tue Jun 4 15:10:41 UTC 2024


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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6805-1
June 04, 2024

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

- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 23.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary:

libarchive could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- libarchive: Library to read/write archive files

Details:

It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain RAR archive files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code
or cause a crash.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  libarchive13t64                 3.7.2-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 23.10
  libarchive13                    3.6.2-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  libarchive13                    3.6.0-1ubuntu1.1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6805-1
  CVE-2024-26256

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/3.7.2-2ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/3.6.2-1ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/3.6.0-1ubuntu1.1

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