RLSA-2023:3018

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:3018
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2023:3018.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2023:3018
Upstream
Published
2026-03-20T00:02:50.766829Z
Modified
2026-03-20T00:30:05.195692Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Low: libarchive security update
Details

The libarchive programming library can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including GNU tar, cpio, and ISO 9660 CD-ROM images. Libarchive is used notably in the bsdtar utility, scripting language bindings such as python-libarchive, and several popular desktop file managers.

Security Fix(es):

  • libarchive: NULL pointer dereference in archive_write.c (CVE-2022-36227)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.

References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:8 / libarchive

Package

Name
libarchive
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/libarchive?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:3.3.3-5.el8
Database specific
{
    "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2023:3018.json"