UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5917

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-5917
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5917.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5917
Upstream
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-06-09T20:15:00Z
Modified
2026-02-04T03:00:17.648158Z
Severity
  • 2.8 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 5.0 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw involves an 'off-by-one' miscalculation when handling prefixes and suffixes for file names. This can lead to a 1-byte write overflow. While seemingly small, such an overflow can corrupt adjacent memory, leading to unpredictable program behavior, crashes, or in specific circumstances, could be leveraged as a building block for more sophisticated exploitation. This bug affects libarchive versions prior to 3.8.0.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
libarchive

Package

Name
libarchive
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libarchive@3.4.0-2ubuntu1.5?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.4.0-1
3.4.0-1build1
3.4.0-1ubuntu2
3.4.0-2ubuntu1
3.4.0-2ubuntu1.1
3.4.0-2ubuntu1.2
3.4.0-2ubuntu1.3
3.4.0-2ubuntu1.4
3.4.0-2ubuntu1.5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.4.0-2ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-tools",
            "binary_version": "3.4.0-2ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive13",
            "binary_version": "3.4.0-2ubuntu1.5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5917.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
libarchive

Package

Name
libarchive
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libarchive@3.6.0-1ubuntu1.5?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.0-1ubuntu1.5

Affected versions

3.*
3.4.3-2
3.4.3-2build1
3.5.2-1
3.5.2-1ubuntu1
3.6.0-1ubuntu1
3.6.0-1ubuntu1.1
3.6.0-1ubuntu1.2
3.6.0-1ubuntu1.3
3.6.0-1ubuntu1.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.6.0-1ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-tools",
            "binary_version": "3.6.0-1ubuntu1.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive13",
            "binary_version": "3.6.0-1ubuntu1.5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5917.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
libarchive

Package

Name
libarchive
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libarchive@3.7.2-2ubuntu0.5?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.7.2-2ubuntu0.5

Affected versions

3.*
3.6.2-1ubuntu1
3.7.2-1ubuntu1
3.7.2-1ubuntu2
3.7.2-1.1ubuntu2
3.7.2-2
3.7.2-2ubuntu0.1
3.7.2-2ubuntu0.2
3.7.2-2ubuntu0.3
3.7.2-2ubuntu0.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.7.2-2ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-tools",
            "binary_version": "3.7.2-2ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive13t64",
            "binary_version": "3.7.2-2ubuntu0.5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5917.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
libarchive

Package

Name
libarchive
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libarchive@3.7.7-0ubuntu3?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.7.7-0ubuntu3

Affected versions

3.*
3.7.7-0ubuntu2
3.7.7-0ubuntu2.1
3.7.7-0ubuntu2.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.7.7-0ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-tools",
            "binary_version": "3.7.7-0ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive13t64",
            "binary_version": "3.7.7-0ubuntu3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5917.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
libarchive

Package

Name
libarchive
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libarchive@3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8+esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.1.2-5ubuntu1
3.1.2-7ubuntu1
3.1.2-7ubuntu2
3.1.2-7ubuntu2.1
3.1.2-7ubuntu2.2
3.1.2-7ubuntu2.3
3.1.2-7ubuntu2.4
3.1.2-7ubuntu2.6
3.1.2-7ubuntu2.7
3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8
3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8+esm1
3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8+esm3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "bsdcpio",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bsdtar",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive13",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8+esm3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5917.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
libarchive

Package

Name
libarchive
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libarchive@3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.1.2-11build1
3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.1
3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.2
3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.3
3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.4
3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.5
3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.6
3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.7
3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8
3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "bsdcpio",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bsdtar",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive13",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5917.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
libarchive

Package

Name
libarchive
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libarchive@3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.2.2-3.1
3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.1
3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.2
3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.3
3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.4
3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.5
3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.6
3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7
3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "bsdcpio",
            "binary_version": "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "bsdtar",
            "binary_version": "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-tools",
            "binary_version": "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive13",
            "binary_version": "3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5917.json"