USN-6805-1

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / libarchive

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.6.0-1ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.4.3-2

3.4.3-2build1

3.5.2-1

3.5.2-1ubuntu1

3.6.0-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

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

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / libarchive

Package

Name: libarchive
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libarchive@3.7.2-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.7.2-2ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.6.2-1ubuntu1

3.7.2-1ubuntu1

3.7.2-1ubuntu2

3.7.2-1.1ubuntu2

3.7.2-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.7.2-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive-tools",
            "binary_version": "3.7.2-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libarchive13t64",
            "binary_version": "3.7.2-2ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}