A libarchive security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.3.

openSUSE-SU-2022:0944-1: moderate: Security update for libarchive

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for libarchive
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2022:0944-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1022528 #1188572 #1189528
Cross-References: CVE-2017-5601 CVE-2021-36976
CVSS scores:
CVE-2017-5601 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2017-5601 (SUSE): 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
CVE-2021-36976 (NVD) : 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2021-36976 (SUSE): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.3
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An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one
errata is now available.

Description:

This update for libarchive fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-36976: Fixed an invalid memory access that could cause data
corruption (bsc#1188572).

Non-security updates:

- Updated references for CVE-2017-5601, which was already fixed in a
previous version (bsc#1022528 bsc#1189528).

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2022-944=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

bsdtar-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
bsdtar-debuginfo-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
libarchive-debugsource-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
libarchive-devel-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
libarchive13-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
libarchive13-debuginfo-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64):

libarchive13-32bit-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1
libarchive13-32bit-debuginfo-3.4.2-150200.4.3.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5601.html
  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-36976.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1022528
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1188572
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1189528